The Grand Smash starts tomorrow in Singapore! Initially, it is the qualifying rounds that will punctuate the first three days for 9 of our blues, before the start of the main tournament where Jianan Yuan, Alexis Lebrun, Simon Gauzy and Emmanuel Lebesson are already qualified in simple. Like Sun Yingsha and Fan Zhendong, all the best players and the best players in the world will be present to compete for the titles in the 5 tables.
The format of the Grand Smash
All the matches are direct elimination and in the single tables, it starts with the 1/32nd finals. The qualifiers will be played from March 8 to 11, while the first matches of the main tournament will start on March 11, until the finals on March 19.
How to follow the Grand Smash?
As with all other competitions on the WTT circuit, the matches will be broadcast on the official YouTube channel.
The results will be available live, also on the official WTT website.
The French and French at the Grand Smash
Simple dames : Jianan Yuan, Prithika Pavade, Audrey Zarif, Stéphanie Loeuillette, Camille Lutz, Charlotte Lutz
Single gentlemen: Alexis Lebrun, Simon Gauzy, Emmanuel Lebesson, Can Akkuzu, Félix Lebrun, Enzo Angles, Jéremy Dey
Double dames : Prithika Pavade/Camille Lutz
Men’s doubles: Alexis Lebrun/Felix Lebrun, Emmanuel Lebesson/Lubomir Pistej
Double mixte : Emmanuel Lebesson/Jianan Yuan
Grand Smash Schedule & Results
Tuesday 7 March – 1st qualifying round
Jéremy DEY 0-3 Tom JARVIS
Enzo ANGLES 3-1 Lubomir PISTEJ
Charlotte LUTZ 1-3 Sreeja AKULA
Camille LUTZ 3-0 Melanie DIAZ
Audrey ZARIF 0-3 Sofia-Xuan Zhang
Can AKKUZU 3-2 Adrien RACE FOSS
Wednesday 8 March – 1st qualifying round
Prithika Pavade 3-0 ZHANG Wanling
Stephanie LOEUILLETTE 3-2 Rachel MORET
Felix LEBRUN 3-1 POH Shao Feng Ethan
Wednesday 8 March – 2nd qualifying round
Enzo ANGLES 1-3 Yuto KIZUKURI
Thursday 9 March – 2nd qualifying round
Felix LEBRUN 3-2 Bence MAJOR
Can AKKUZU 3-2 Horace CIFUENTES
Stephanie LOEUILLETTE 3-0 Annette KAUFMANN
Camille LUTZ 3-0 Luca for FREE
Prithika Pavade 3-0 Solomiya BRATEYKO
Thursday 9 March – 3rd qualifying round
Felix LEBRUN 3-1 Mehdi BOULOUSSA
Can AKKUZU 3-0 Filip ZELJKO
Stephanie LOEUILLETTE 1-3 Yuan WAN
Camille LUTZ 2-3 Sabina SURJAN
Prithika Pavade 3-0 maria xiao
Saturday March 11 – Round of 32 – Singles
Jianan YUAN 3-2 ZENG Jian
Sunday March 12 – Round of 32 – Singles
Emmanuel LEBESSON 1-3 LEE Sangsu
Alexis LEBRUN 3-1 YUAN License
Can AKKUZU 3-1 BEH Only Things
Prithika Pavade 1-3 Xiaoxin Yang
Simon GAUZY 1-3 Felix LEBRUN
Sunday March 12 – Round of 16 – Men’s doubles
Emmanuel LEBESSON/Lubomir PISTEJ 1-3 Truls MOREGARD/Darko JORGIC
Sunday March 12 – Round of 16 – Women’s Doubles
Prithika Pavade/Camille Lutz 3-1 Sabine WINTER/Nina MITTELHAM
Monday March 13 – Round of 16 – Singles
Jianan YUAN 3-1 FAN Siqi
Monday March 13 – Round of 16 – Men’s doubles
Alexis LEBRUN/Félix LEBRUN 3-1 Finn LUU/Nicholas LUM
Monday March 13 – Round of 16 – Mixed doubles
Emmanuel LEBESSON/Jianan YUAN 1-3 Christina KALLBERG/Trul’s MOREGARD
Tuesday March 14 – Round of 16 – Singles
Felix LEBRUN 3-0 LIN Yun-Ju
Alexis LEBRUN 2-3 Quadri ARUNA
Can AKKUZU 2-3 Tomokazu HARIMOTO
Wednesday 15 March – round of 16 – singles
Jianan YUAN 2-3 QIAN Tianyi
Wednesday March 15 – doubles round of 16
Alexis LEBRUN/Félix LEBRUN 2-3 Yukiya UDA/Shunsuke TOGAMI
Camille LUTZ/Prithika Pavade 1-3 DOO Hoi Kem/ZHU Chengzhu
Thursday March 16 – round of 16 – singles
Felix LEBRUN 2-3 Dang QIU
