On March 24, 2022, Beijing time, the men's singles semifinals of the WTT Regular Season Challenge Doha ended, and Germany's Qiu Dang and national table tennis teenager Yuan Licen successfully met. The number one dark horse, Alex Leblon, lost 2-4 to Qiu Dang, stopping the final four and being a bit disappointed after the game. However, Alex Lebrun's performance has been quite outstanding, he has beaten the national table tennis player twice in the qualifiers, and also played 11-0, 11-1 in the main game, which is eye-catching.
In recent years, the European men's table tennis has made significant progress, in addition to the traditional strong teams Germany and Sweden, the French team has also shown a good upward momentum. French men's table tennis is led by Simon Gautz, Lebezon and others, in addition, the French team has vigorously cultivated young players and gained a lot. In this competition, Alex Lebrun became the number one dark horse, he was only 18 years old, ranked 354th in the world, but he continued to make big mistakes.
In the qualifying round, Alex Lebrun eliminated Poland's Dias, who had beaten Zhang Benzhihe in the second round and was strong. Then, Alex Leblun eliminated Sun Wen and Zeng Beixun of the national table tennis, and in these two games, Alex Leblon had a clear advantage, losing only one set in total. It was only at this time that the outside world slowly noticed the 18-year-old men's singles dark horse player.
Entering the main tournament, Alex LeBlent eliminated Glasmenco as soon as he came up. Alex Le Brun then swept Japan's Shinjoya 3-0 to score 13 points in three sets. Don't forget, Shen Qiao had also defeated Francesca before, but in front of Alex Lebrun, he didn't even have the strength to fight back.
In the quarter-finals, Alex Lebrun continued to work hard to sweep South Korea's main player Ahn Jae-hyun, who was a men's singles finalist at the World Table Tennis Championships, 3-0. Even more surprising was that Alex Lebrun scored 11-0 in the match, crushing Ahn Jae-hyun across the board. Unfortunately, Alex Lebrun lost to Chiu in the semi-finals, and the dark horse journey came to an end. However, Alex Lebrun won two consecutive sets after falling behind 3-0, and the fifth set was 11-1, which was quite strong.
We have reason to believe that Alex Le Brun will also be the leader of the new generation. In addition, Alex Lebrun has a younger brother, that is, 15-year-old Felix Leblon, who also played in the main competition. Previously, Felix Lebrun also defeated Zhuang Zhiyuan, also showing full potential. We must pay attention to the young players in France, with the rise of several young players, the overall strength of France has been greatly improved, which will definitely make the competition in the men's table tennis more intense, let us wait and see!