I am afraid that many fans will say that it is the Lebrun brothers, after all, even Liu Guoliang has evaluated these two brothers as the most threatening players in the next 10 years of national table tennis.
And there are also strengths and weaknesses between the Lebrun brothers, although the younger brother F Lebrun is only 17 years old this year, but ranked 5th in the world, but the 20-year-old brother A Lebrun, ranked outside the 20th in the world, is not as strong as the younger brother, A Lebrun is well known to Chinese fans, mainly because of his complaint about Wang Chuqin's serve in the mixed team World Cup.
Recently, the two brothers also filmed a new advertisement in France and got a new endorsement, and in an interview, his brother A Lebrun also commented on today's table tennis world and predicted the Olympic men's singles champion.
When looking forward to the Paris Olympics, Lebrun predicted his fierce rival and favorite to win the championship, and bluntly said: Lin Yunru and Wang Chuqin are both favorites, and Fan Zhendong is no longer the favorite to win the championship in Paris.
I have to say that A Lebrun is really ignorant and fearless, and he didn't even pay attention to Fan Zhendong, don't forget, during the Paris Olympic cycle, Fan Zhendong is the athlete who has won the most singles championships.
In the past two WTT events, Fan Zhendong was eliminated early, which also made some foreign players look down on Fan Zhendong, and in the past period of time, Wang Chuqin's sudden rise led to Fan Zhendong's world No. 1 ranking changed hands, which also made some foreign players think that Fan Zhendong's technical system is backward, and A Lebrun has changed his humble attitude when exchanging jerseys with Fan Zhendong.
In fact, A Lebrun is not the first foreign player to say that Fan Zhendong's technology is backward, as we all know, the 16-year-old Japanese teenager Matsushima Teruku also said such things, that is, after Matsushima Terukora lost 1-3 to Fan Zhendong in the Busan team competition, he pointed out: Fan Zhendong's predecessor's technical system is not as strong as imagined.
In the past period of time, Fan Zhendong has not had an easy time, first because he was cyberbullied because of watching the moldy concert, and then it broke out that his identity information was stolen by the national table tennis circle, I have to say that after the beginning of 2024, Fan Zhendong's luck is a little bad. Now, even the players of the foreign association dare to despise Fan Zhendong.
For Fan Zhendong, the unhappiness is temporary, raise his head, the starlight still belongs to him, his technical strength is still the absolute top, since there is doubt, then go to the Paris Olympics to break it.