The two leaders of the two Alsatian badminton teams, Alex Lanier (37th in the world and seeded n°6) for ASPTT Strasbourg and Arnaud Merkle (46th) for Red Star Mulhouse, were competing in the first round of the US Open in Forth Worth, Texas (EU) during the night from Wednesday to Thursday.
If the Mulhouse native did well against the Japanese world number 53 Koo Takahashi (21-17, 22-20), the Strasbourg resident was surprised by the Brazilian world number 48 Ygor Coelho (18-21, 21-7, 15 -21).
Tonight, Arnaud Merklé will be looking for an exploit against the tournament’s No. 2 seed, the Japanese Koki Watanabe (20th).
2024-06-27 16:02:59
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