They will inevitably be very disappointed given the scenario of the women’s doubles final which they lost by a hair this Thursday at the Spanish Open (Future Series). This week in Blanca Dona, in the Balearic Islands, the young Strasbourg native Lilou Schaffner (17 years old) and her Doubian partner Marie Cesari (Morteau) nonetheless achieved the best performance of their career.
Seeded No. 2 and 181st in the world, the 2023 French junior vice-champions, victorious in the semi-finals over the Danes Sofie Karmann and Maria Hojlund Tommerup (21-19, 21-19), were able to enforce the hierarchy to challenge the Spanish Paula Lopez and Lucia Rodriguez, seeded 1 and 133rd. But the latter deprived them, after an epic duel of 1h01 (20-22, 21-15, 25-23), of their first international coronation and thus won their third crown in a month, after Peru on October 15 and Hungary on November 4.
However, the former ES2B and Red Star Mulhouse player, who arrived this summer at ASPTTS, and her sidekick snatched the first set on their 6th shuttlecock of the set, trailing 13-7 in the second before conceding a severe 11-0, then two points from winning in the last (19-17). But after saving four shuttlecocks, they gave in on the fifth.
Lanier in quarters in Ireland
Meanwhile, the three other Strasbourg residents entered in the Irish Open (International Series) took to the track in Dublin on the second day of the tournament. Seeded No. 3 and 51st in singles, Alex Lanier breezed through the first two rounds against Swiss Julien Scheiwiller, 171st (21-10, 21-16), then his compatriot Yanis Gaudin, 178th (21st). -15, 21-5). This Friday in the quarter-finals, he will face another Frenchman, Grégoire Deschamp, 250th.
Three weeks after her first bouquet in Algeria, the 2023 French women’s singles vice-champion Rosy Pancasari, 97th, stumbled from the start, in three tight sets, against the Swiss Jenjira Stadelmann, 66th and seeded 7 (21- 14, 17-21, 18-21).
Eliminated without discussion in the morning in mixed with Eloi Adam by the English Ethan Van Leeuwen/Annie Lado, 80th (12-21, 12-21), Sharone Bauer fought back in doubles with Emilie Vercelot against the Scots Brooke Stalker and Eleanor O’Donnell (21-13, 21-11). The 87th in the world must face the Swedes Moa and Tilda Sjoo, 59th and n°6, this night in the second round.
2023-11-16 20:50:44
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