In this Smash tournament, equivalent to a Grand Slam in tennis, the 17-year-old French number one never managed to worry his 28-year-old Korean opponent, uncompromising on his faceoffs (10-12, 8-11, 11 -6, 7-11, 7-11). Jang Woojin, author of a great performance in the 32nd final with a 3-0 inflicted on the Chinese Ma Long, 3rd in the world, therefore offered himself the 5th to open the doors to the semi-finals, where he will be opposed to the winner of the duel between the Germans Dang Qiu and Patrick Franziska.
A little earlier Thursday, associated with his older brother Alexis, 20, Félix Lebrun lost to the Japanese Shunsuke Togami and Hiroto Shinozuka three sets to nothing (11-8, 13-11, 11-2) in the semi-finals. final of the doubles tournament. The 6th world pair was unable to do anything against the 44th, who will face in the final the Chinese Wang Chuqin and Ma Long, winners of the Swedes Kristian Karlsson and Anton Kallberg 3-0 (11-9, 11-8, 11-4) .
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