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Table tennis: the Lebrun brothers champions of France in doubles

Alexis and Félix Lebrun were crowned French doubles table tennis champions on Saturday in front of their home crowd in Montpellier, a first together for the two brothers.

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Table tennis: the Lebrun brothers champions of France in doubles

Alexis and Félix Lebrun were crowned French doubles table tennis champions on Saturday in front of their home crowd in Montpellier, a first together for the two brothers.

The siblings had to play a decisive fifth set to win against their training partners in Hérault, Florian Bourrassaud and Esteban Dorr 3-2 (7-11, 11-4, 9-11, 11-8, 11-6).

“It’s the first time we’re playing together at the French Senior Championships and we’re winning, it’s wonderful,” reacted Félix Lebrun, 17 years old and world No.5, a first for a French table tennis player in nearly thirty years. years and the reference Jean-Philippe Gatien in 1995. If each of the Lebruns had already been crowned in France in doubles, they had never been crowned together.

In 2021, the eldest Alexis won with Esteban Dorr. Then Félix succeeded him the following year alongside Laurent Cova. Sixth pair in the world, Alexis and Félix Lebrun will be associated in four months during the team event of the Paris-2024 Olympics which includes a doubles match unlike the Worlds, played in February in Busan from where the Blues returned with a silver medal.

The women's and men's singles finals of the French championships are scheduled to take place on Sunday at 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. respectively.

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