The race to determine the line-up for Stage 2 at ITTF Mixed Team World Cup Chengdu 2024 presented by CHINA TELECOM is going right down to the wire, especially in Group 4 as France gave its qualifying hopes a much-needed boost under the lights on Monday evening.
Losing out to Hong Kong, China by the narrowest of margins on the opening day, France went into Day 2’s match against Sweden with great determination to change their fortunes around, and couldn’t have asked for a better start to Monday’s showdown, landing a 3-0 win in the Mixed Doubles.
Linda Bergstrom would undo France’s promising start, responding with a straight games win over Audrey Zarif (12-10, 11-7, 11-1), but that result was nullified soon after thanks to Thibault Poret, who quickly put France back in the driving seat with a stellar outing against Anders Eriksson (11-7, 11-6, 11-6).
With the finish line in sight, Audrey Zarif and Camille Lutz were…
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