The step was too high for the Fos badminton players Toma Junior and Christo Popov. They were both eliminated today in the 2nd round of the German Open, Super 300 tournament
After having dominated in the 1st round Nhat Nguyen (India, n°42), Toma Junior popov (N°32) was logically beaten by Viktor Axelsen the world number 1: 21/17 21/10.
His younger brother and Champion of France 2022, Christo Popov (n ° 62) resisted well to the Malaysian Zii Lee, seeded n ° 5 and world number 7. But he lost in 3 sets: 21/13 18/21 21/12
As a reminder, in doubles, Toma Junior and Christo Popov (n°30) lost yesterday in the first round against the Dutch pair Vand der Lecq / Jille (n°51): 15/21 21/17 21/19.
Next tournament the English Open, Super 1000 tournament, from March 16. In the 1st round Tomi Popov will face the Malaysian Liew (36th in the world). In doubles with Christo they will be opposed to the Japanese Koga Saito (22nd).
