Incheon Championship Report: 0-3! The men's table tennis world champion was defeated miserably, and Lebrun Jr. advanced to the quarterfinals
On March 29, 2024, the Incheon Championship of Table Tennis was in full swing, the French 17-year-old played crazy, Felix Lebrun swept the German star Ocharov 3-0, the world champion was eliminated, Felix advanced to the men's singles quarterfinals, facing Hugo Calderano.
French teenager Felix Lebrun is the leader of the new generation, don't look at only 17 years old, ranked 5th in the world, second only to the four main forces of national table tennis, its straight board and horizontal play technology is very advanced, from the first three boards to the holding is very powerful, and the style of play is also very flexible, this year has become a frequent visitor to the top four, and now his brother Alex Lebrun has been out, lost to Hugo Calderano.
Ocharov is the main force of the German team, he has been famous for a long time and is well known to everyone, the highest ranking is the first in the world, and now he is 11th, he has won the men's singles world championship, and the bronze medal of two Olympic Games, in fact, the 35-year-old veteran, can still remain at the first-class level for a long time, it is indeed worthy of admiration, and there must be a lot of work behind it, Malone is Ocharov's nemesis, and he has fought many times in the past and won all the battles.
The Lebrun brothers are the main opponents of the national table tennis this Olympic cycle, the elder brother Alex Lebrun is more threatening, because he won Fan Zhendong once, and it is not ugly to lose when they meet again, although the younger brother Felix Lebrun is ranked high, but he is not defeated by Wang Chuqin, Ma Long and others, the reason is directly related to the style of play, and the straight board still has limitations, at least the degree of flexibility will be relatively poor.
After the start of the game, Ocharov obviously couldn't keep up with Felix's fast pace in the first game, his unnecessary mistakes were too many and out of shape, the first three boards were too slow, and he always let the opponent go sideways, Felix led in an all-round way, taking the lead with 11-6, Ocharov's own service round was not done, if he played according to this rhythm, it would be difficult to find too good opportunities, and he couldn't stand up at all.
In the second game, Ocharov still received the serve to find a chance, Felix saw the move, the two sides played back and forth, Ocharov chased to 7 draws, Felix scored 4 points in a row, and won another game 11-7, Felix's advantage in the first three boards was too obvious, Ocharov couldn't beat each other, so there was nothing to do with the opponent, originally many fans supported Ocharov, and now it seems that he is older after all.
In the third game, Felix took advantage of the situation to chase, Ocharov did not give up, tried to increase the rhythm change, but it was difficult to keep up with Felix's speed, and the whole game was particularly uncomfortable, Felix blasted out 11-5 to end the game, and finally swept Ocharov 3-0, Felix Lebrun advanced to the men's singles quarterfinals, and then faced Brazilian star Hugo Calderano, this time it is still expected to advance to the semifinals.