One month before their entry into the running for a final draw scheduled for December 28 to 30, the main male headliners of the New Bonne Année Tournament in Chartres are now known.
Barring injury or change of program, eleven numbered players will participate in the 32nd edition of this event registered on the national circuit of major tournaments (CNGT).
Among them, Timo Legout (French n°55) will wear the n°1 seed tunic. The son of former international table tennis player Christophe Legout, who is coming out of a university experience in the United States, is the highest ranked in the field. But not the best known.
Because former world No. 62 Kenny De Schepper (French No. 58), 37, will return to the courts of the Jacqueline-Brillant league stadium, fourteen years after beating Eric Prodon in the final of the 2010 edition.