Alexis and Félix Lebrun, ranked 7th in the world in doubles, lost in the half of the WTT Finals against the Chinese Xiang Peng and Yuan Licen, 17th.
First mishandled (13-11, 11-4) then returned to the score (9-11, 8-11) after losing the first two rounds, Félix (17 years old) and Alexis Lebrun (20 years old) finally conceded the beautiful (12-10) in the half of the WTT Finals, a tournament bringing together the sixteen best singles players and eight best pairs in the world.
The Chinese, who lost the world No. 3 pair in the previous round, will face another Chinese pair in the final. Not Zhendong Fan and Chuqin Wang, first in the world, but Gaoyuan and Shidong Lin, fifth in the world and winners in three sets of the No. 1 in the semi-final (11-8, 11-9, 12-10).
Félix Lebrun eliminated Wednesday in singles
For their part, the two tricolors have nothing more to play for in Doha since Félix Lebrun, the only tricolor entered in singles, had not achieved the feat of beating Chuqin Wang, 2nd in the world, on Wednesday, despite winning the second round. (11-6, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8).
