Brazil loses to France and exits table tennis

How were the matches?

In doubles, Guilherme Teodoro and Vitor Ishii fell to Guzi and Alexis Lebrun.The first set started evenly, with the French slightly ahead on the scoreboard. The Brazilians managed to come back with an 8-7 lead, but couldn’t hold on to their advantage and lost the set 11-8. The Brazilian duo started ahead in the next two games and tried to respond, but saw their opponents take off and win 11-9 and 11-6 respectively. With 3-0, they won the best of five and took a 1-0 lead in the duel.

Hugo Calderano suffered again against the French executioner.To make matters more complicated for the Brazilian, Velez Lebron added five straight points and won the first set 11-6. Calderano improved in the second set, but recovered and was outplayed again, this time 11-7. He improved in the third set, opened up an advantage, and got a draw after three match points, but won 13-11. However, the fourth set was largely dominated by Lebron, who opened up six points and won the match 11-6. France took a 2-0 lead.

Vitor Ishii fought, but he also fell at the hands of LeBron – he was a victim of his older brotherAlexis Lebrun had no difficulty in the first set and won 11-6, and in the second set the Brazilian responded and won 11-9 and gave hope. However, the Frenchman regained control in the third set, took the advantage and won 11-5, and in the fourth and decisive set, he defeated France again, 11-7, to secure a place in the semi-finals against the Chinese favorite.