Table tennis: Félix Lebrun continues his journey to Singapore in singles and doubles with his brother Alexis

Felix still in the race. XinHua – Yang Shiyao

The last French male representative in singles at the Grand Smash of Singapore, Félix Lebrun, qualified this Wednesday for the third round. The Lebrun pair also validated their ticket for the rest of the competition.
 

The French ended Wednesday with two victories at the Singapore Grand Smash (Grand Slam).

After the qualification of the Lebrun brothers in the quarter-finals of the doubles, against the Austrian pair Robert Gardos-Daniel Habesohn (3-0), the cadet  of the siblings managed to reach the third round in singles. The young Montpellier defeated the Swede Mattias Falck in four sets (11-7, 11-7, 9-11, 11-8), and will face another Swede in the round of 16: Kristian Karlsson  (Thursday, 2:20 p.m. in France). 

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In doubles, the pair of Montpellier brothers will face the Swedes Mattias Falck and Anton Kallberg, Thursday at 6:35 a.m.