Table tennis – Pro A: Rouen still on the podium

The Rouennais had one thing to tremble. La-Romagne had introduced down Jura-Morez (2nd) ten days in the past and reinstated his chief Tyanyuan Chen (no.6), removed from the tables following an damage. They fought exhausting to the finish to safe a brief victory.

Once once more, Robert Gardos made the powder converse. He began the sport in opposition to Brice Ollivier (n ° 58) who was rapidly overwhelmed, even when he was illusory in the second set. The duel with Nima Alamian (n ° 16) promised to be extra balanced. It didn't occur. The Austrian performed truthful. Aggressive in the forehand, fast in the exchanges, we felt that nothing may occur to him. He displayed a comforting ease for his teammates. President Dominique Fache needed to underline this: “Robert has won his last five matches without losing a set. With a # 1 like that, the task is easier. “ Yet the world No. 24 could not do everything on his own. It was the third point to score that posed a problem.

A third problematic point

He could have been registered from the first clash between Alexandre Robinot (n ° 14) and Nima Alamian (n ° 16). The Rouennais led 9-7 to the beautiful and finally got lost (12-10). Fortunately he found the mental resources in the last game against left-hander Brice Ollivier. Not without giving its leaders a cold sweat. While he was playing well, leading operations brilliantly, he got tangled up in the Romagnon's game, who took the opportunity to come back from the vauvert devil and steal the 2nd round (13-11), then also the 4th. Anything could happen to the beautiful. Robinot let go of his blows at the end and nailed his opponent to 11-7.

La -Romagne for its part had laid its No. 1 Tyanyuan Chen in third position on the scoresheet. He had no trouble defeating Adrien Rassenfosse (n ° 64) who had replaced at short notice Can Akkuzu (n ° 12), injured during the warm-up. The young Belgian hopeful bravely tried his luck, but he had to deal with stronger and more experienced. “We took our revenge from the alleyr (defeat 3 to 1). However, for the score, we just missed a 3 to 1. Alex lost another point on the advantages that he felt was taken for granted. We have two games left to play. If we win them, we will certainly be on the podium ”, commented the coach Stéphane Hucliez.