This afternoon took place the quarter finals of the Orleans Masters 2022 ! There were 6 French hopes to reach the semi-finals, what about this day ?
At 4pm, in mixed doubles, the French pair Fabien DELRUE and Vimala HERIAU faced the Malaysian pair Roy King YAP and Teoh Mei XING. 30 minutes later, the French pair celebrated their victory with the public. A solid victory 21-9 / 21-15 which takes the French in the last square of the competition.
4:45 pm, the french Christo POPOV enters the court, facing him, Chia Hao LEE (chinese Taipei). Nice battle, but Christo POPOV concedes the first set 21-16. Badly treated at the beginning of the second set, he manages to turn the situation around and wins 21-18. In the third set, the Frenchman seems to be in better shape and he shows it by winning 21-19. Final score : C. POPOV 19-21 / 21-18 / 21-19 Chia Hao LEE.
Toma POPOV played his quarter-final match around 6pm, he was opposed to the Singaporean Jia Heng Jason TEH. Very solid, the Frenchman validates his ticket for the semi-finals by winning 21-16 / 21-15.
Just before 7pm, the match between the French Arnaud MERKLE and the Indian Christian ADINATA started. The Frenchman quickly took the advantage and won the first set 21-10. The second set was more difficult, the Frenchman made some mistakes and conceded the second set 21-18. Less inspired tactically, the French lost this third set and lost 21-10 / 18-21 / 16-21.
In men's doubles, during a very tight third set, Eloi ADAM and Julien MAIO (FRA) win and dispose of the Indian P.S RAVIKRISHNA and Sankar UDAYAKUMAR in three sets 13-21 / 21-12 / 22-20.
At 7:30 pm, the other French pair Lucas CORVEE and Ronan LABAR faced the Malaysians Junaidi ARIF and Muhammad HAIKAL for a place in the semi-finals. Hindered by the Malaysians, the French concede the first set 21-13. More conquering at the beginning of the second set, they won the set 21-12. In the last set, the French did not manage to get rid of the Malaysians, defeat 21-13 / 12-21 / 21-15.
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Access to the spectator application and try to win many prizes : https://orleansmasterss.glideapp.io/
Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/c/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9rationFran%C3%A7aiseBadminton
Access to the results of the day: https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/tournament/a8b53352-a398-4564-bf26-9258a2e2aefa/matches/20220401
