In the early morning of January 11th, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Doha Star Tournament staged a peak showdown of foreign associations, and the two major rivals of national table tennis - Alex Lebrun (France) and Francesca (Germany) met in a narrow way and launched a fierce duel.
Through this competition, we can see that Francesca's basic skills are indeed very strong, and he is worthy of being a master who has won the five main forces of national table tennis, and then he will face off against Fan Zhendong again, which is worth paying attention to! Please see below for details.
Alex and Francesca are currently the top masters of the foreign association, although the former is only 21 years old, but he has already defeated Fan Zhendong and Liang Jingkun, and has become a hot figure in the table tennis world with his younger brother Felix Lebrun.
As for Francesca, she is the runner-up of the Olympic men's team, and she has broken through the five main forces of the Chinese team, Ma Long, Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, and Lin Gaoyuan. However, as a 31-year-old veteran, Francesca's form in recent years has not been very ideal, so many fans are still relatively more optimistic about Alex in this matchup.
However, after the start of the game, the performance of the youngster was very unsatisfactory - from the perspective of the ball, Alex is relatively fast, has a strong sense of rhythm, and is very good at attacking by surprise, while Francesca is a well-rounded player, with solid basic skills in all aspects, and finally he won 11-7, giving the young player a dismount.
In the second game, the two sides fought fiercely, and the two sides went from 0-0 to 10-10, although Alex successfully saved the game point, but in the end he was unable to withstand the opponent's continuous attacks, and Francesca won 13-11.
In the third game, Alex had no way out, and at this time he also intended to fight for success by returning the ball with higher quality, but Francesca's side has become more and more courageous, and at the same time curbed the opponent's momentum of saving match points in the second half, ended the battle 11-9, and swept Alex 3-0 to win the final victory of this new and old battle in European table tennis.
Judging from the situation of the game, Alex mainly lost on the forehand and stability, once the offense cannot be quickly resolved, his own offense is also prone to various mistakes, which is also his current shortcomings.
So who will have the last laugh in the battle between Francesca and Fan Zhendong? Let's sit back and wait for the arrival of the Sino-German table tennis showdown!