On March 29, 2024, the table tennis Incheon Championship continued, and the first quarterfinals of the men's singles were released, with Brazilian star Hugo Calderano defeating France's Alex 3-1, his brother Alex Lebrun was eliminated, and his younger brother Felix Lebrun was more relaxed.
Brazilian player Hugo Calderano is a first-class master, ranked 8th in the world itself, and has defeated the main force of national table tennis, and the comprehensive strength is very high in the foreign association, in fact, everyone did not expect that the Brazilian team can play table tennis to this extent, before encountering Hayasuke Togami, who had lost before, Calderano played five games and continued to move forward, and his ability to adjust on the spot is indeed very strong.
Alex Lebrun is a newcomer who rises in this Olympic cycle, only 20 years old and has great potential, together with his younger brother Felix, as the hope star of the French team, won the runner-up of the men's team at the World Table Tennis Championships, and made a major breakthrough in his career.
In fact, don't look at Felix Lebrun's higher ranking, the threat is really not as good as Alex Lebrun, after all, Felix can't play national table tennis, he can only win other association players, Alex once beat Fan Zhendong, and his performance at the World Table Tennis Championships was also okay, some time ago, he cried his younger brother Felix won the championship, which attracted the attention of outside fans.
After the start of the game, Calderano was a little out of shape in the first game, completely unaccustomed to Alex's fast pace, and it was a needless mistake to get started, unlike the usual him, the quality of his own service rounds was even lower, Alex took the lead with 11-8, Calderano was 4-9 behind to chase the points, but there was no way to do too much, and the two sides were prone to ups and downs in their on-the-spot play, which made people feel dazzled.
In the second game, Calderano's serve was very distinctive, so that Alex couldn't figure out the spin, the first three boards were difficult to handle, and the formation of a hold would be passive, and the active force was particularly prone to mistakes, Calderano was not to be outdone, blasting out 11-6 and coloring, in the third game Alex was still affected, and did not find a suitable coping strategy, Calderano led 7-2, and then won the game 11-6.
After losing consecutive points in the fourth game, Alex called a timeout, and after coming back, Calderano took advantage of the situation to chase and end the game 11-6, and finally reversed Alex Lebrun 3-1, Hugo Calderano performed well and became the first player to advance to the men's singles quarterfinals.