Faced with an Indonesian pair made up of Febriana Kusuma and Amallia Cahaya Pratiwi 16th in the world, the duo made up of Margot Lambert and Anne Tran knew that there was, potentially, an opportunity to be seized this Wednesday in the 2nd round of the World Championships in Copenhagen. 26th in the hierarchy, the French had already demonstrated in the past their ability to beat, or hang on to, this type of opponent. What they confirmed during a first set which should leave many regrets…
Indeed, solid and applied, the Blues managed to lead 20-18 and therefore afford two first set points. Before collapsing and suffering a 5-1 which allowed the Indonesians to carry out a mini hold-up (21-23). A real blow from which Anne Tran and Margot Lambert were not going to recover, the second act escaping them in the great widths (11-21). The French contingent in Copenhagen was therefore considerably lightened this Wednesday with the elimination of the only women’s doubles entered, but also of the last representative in men’s singles Toma Junior Popov.
