Chinese puzzle

The Chinese once again prooved their omnipotence on this last day of French Cadet and Junior Open in Metz!

The epilogue of the competition saw the collection of chinese titles grow. Final assessment : 3 gold medals in the cadet age group category which confirms the supremacy of the chinese table tennis in this version of the French Open 2018 !

XIANG Peng the winner of cadets boys

XIANG Peng the winner of cadets boys

The last french hopes were stopped in last 16 ; Chloé CHOMIS lost 3-1 against the swedish player Rebecca MUSCANTOR, the n°7 seeds. Fabio RAKOTOARIMANANA falled against the n°1 seeds, chinese Peng XIANG and Ethan CLAUDE is flanked by the belgian  player Adrien RASSENFOSSE, n°6 seeds.

The french surprise of this last day comes from the double cadet boy Benjamin MAHOUDO and Romain BRARD who manages to reach the semi-finals but which falled against the belgian double seeded 2.

All along the competition, the french players won 5 bronze medals !

 

The winners of last day of competition :

Cadets singles girls :

  • 1ère : YANG Yiyun (China)
  • 2ème : KLEE Sophia (Germany)
  • 3èmes : MUSKANTOR Rebecca (Sweden) – AKAE Kaho (Japan)

Cadets singles boys :

  • 1er : XIANG Peng (China)
  • 2ème : TAO Yuchang (China)
  • 3èmes : RASSENFOSSE Adrien (Belgium) – KUANG Li (China)

Cadets double boys:

  • 1ère : CHINA
  • 2ème : BELGIUM
  • 3èmes : ROMANIA - FRANCE

Cadets double girls :

  • 1ère : JAPAN
  • 2ème : SWEDEN
  • 3èmes : MIX ROMANIA/CHINA - CHINA

Podiums photos

Overall, this edition of France Youth International will have still held all its promises with a professional and friendly organization for players.

Thanks to all the followers of the week, in the venue or on the website www.openfrancett.fr