Table Tennis Worlds: the Lebrun Brothers Eliminated in the Semifinals of the Double, They Will Settle for Bronze

While the two French will leave with a bronze medal after their defeat in the semifinals (3-1), Nathanaël Molin said he was "trusting for the future".

As the world's number one doubles, Alexis and Felix Lebrun were on Saturday in the semifinals of the table tennis world championships in Qatar, against Taiwanese Lin Yun-Ju and Kao Cheng-Jui , and have to settle for bronze.

The Montpellierans, who were ill-positioned at the start of the match against Taiwanese Kao and Lin, almost reversed the trend before breaking into the 4th set. They climbed on the 3rd step of the podium with their compatriots Dorr and Bourrassaud.

Félix and Alexis Lebrun in the double final of the European 2024 championships, on 20 October 2024 in Linz, Austria. JOE KLAMAR / AFP The Lebrun brothers had the opportunity to enter a little more into the legend of the French table tennis. If they had won, on Saturday 24 May, in the semifinal, Felix, 18, and Alexis, 21, could have become the first tricolored men's pair to compete in the finals of the world championships. But the Montpellierans …

At the table tennis worlds in Doha, the Lebrun brothers failed at the gates of the double final against Taiwanese Lin Jun-Ju and Kao Cheng (3-0; 8-11, 7-11, 11-9, 10-12).

A cruel disillusionment for the Lebrun, Alexis and Félix brothers, who on Saturday fell into the semifinals of the World Table Tennis Championships in Doha, Qatar. Facing the Taiwanese pair Kao Cheng-Jui/Lin Yu-Ju, the two tricolored prodigies, number 1 leaders of the tournament, fell in four rounds, on the score of 11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 12-10. .twitter-tweet{margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;} Two Chinese tandems in previous rounds, the Taiwanese …