Welded and united in life, the Popov brothers will be rivals for a day. For the first time in an official match, the two brothers will face each other tomorrow. And not to do things by halves, it will be in the final of the French championships in men’s singles. An inevitable outcome as the “Brothers” marched on the competition with victories each time in two winning sets. To reach the final, Toma Junior justified his status as the N.1 seed by eliminating Brice Leverdez (21-15, 21-16), the former boss of the bad tricolor who had represented France at the last Olympics.
For Christo, qualification was more difficult to ensure, especially in a first round where the young Fosséen (who will celebrate his 20th birthday next March) ran after the score against Thomas Rouxel (9-14, 13-16) to finally win the first round with forceps (21-18). A return that was confirmed during the next set where the young Provençal played (21-9).
A final Christo – Toma Junior was to emerge one day as the two Fosséens are so promising. It will be tomorrow. A meeting that will also be devilishly special for Father Toma who is training his two offspring. “If it ever happens, I’ll go have a beer during the meeting“, he smiled. A little foam to the health of the two brothers as for that of BC Fos guaranteed to return with six medals from these French championships in Boulazac which will become historic whatever happens.
