The 18-year-old favorite threw away his racket at the tournament in Linz, destroyed a screen near the table and was shown a red card by the referee.
The European association (ETTU) then even discussed excluding Lebrun from the entire tournament. That would have meant that the Olympic bronze medalist would not have been able to play in the doubles final against the Swedes Truls Möregardh and Anton Källberg on Sunday together with his older brother Alexis Lebrun.
However, according to ETTU and a report by the French sports newspaper “L’Equipe”, the decision is: The European Championship quarter-finals will not be seen as a 4-3 win for Duda, but as a disqualification for Lebrun. The current number seven in the world loses all the world ranking points achieved in Linz. And he will be charged for the broken screen.
The younger of the two Lebrun brothers has been the new star of European table tennis since the Olympic Games in Paris. At the age of 18, he won the bronze medal in the individual and team competitions in his own country. He is the best European in the world rankings. Against Duda he was eliminated despite a 3-1 set lead and a match point in the fifth set.
