On the day he turned 29, Hugo Calderano won a WTT tournament again – and again was in Liubliana, Slovenia, the same stage of his last achievement in a circuit championship.
In the same way of coincidences, the Brazilian Table Table defeated in the final the same opponent the previous time, the Frenchman Felix Lebrun. The triumph may have a special taste, as it was Felix who surpassed him in the bronze dispute in Paris-2024. This Sunday (22), Calderano was intense throughout the game and closed 4-2. Ironically, in one of the games he lost marked the point of the match, in a nervous exchange of blows.
The bid mirrors the balance of the final, in which Felix, 18, even tied 2-2 after losing.
The party was not only bigger because, just before, the Brazilian lost, alongside Bruna Takahashi, the final of the mixed pairs for Koreans Lim Jong-Hono and Shin Yubin 3-0. The Brazilians were surpassed by entered partners and who won the bronze in the Olympics, but still leave Lithuania with good campaign, the best of the couple, the best of the performance of the performance of the performance of the performance of the performance of the performance of the performance of the performance of the performance of the performance. Takahashi in the competition.
The day, by the way, was a marathon for Calderano. In addition to the two finals, he also played the semifinal, against Felix’s brother Alexis Lebrun, 12th in the world ranking. If the matches were not enough, the Brazilian had to play five games against Alexis, in which he managed to apply an incredible turn against the Frenchman.
After starting the game with time off, even scoring 9 to 1 in the first partial, Calderano had a blackout and lost the set. He also lost the next game, but recovered and did not hesitate anymore, vibrating too much when closing the victory. The Brazilian now maintains an unbeaten five triumphs against Alexis Lebrun.
The Liubliana WTT Contender is a smaller stage of the circuit, well below the Smash events, which would be the grand tannis Grand Slam, and without the presence, for example, from China’s top athletes today: Lin Shidong, Wang Chuqin and Liang Jingkun. On the other hand, with cutting -edge names. Felix occupies the seventh place of the ranking, and local hero, Darko Jorgic, defeated in the semis, is in the tenth position.
Either way, it confirms the excellent phase of Calderano, which accumulates three trophies in four finals in the last four tournaments he played. Since the end of April, the third ranking Brazilian has been champion of the World Cup, World Cup vice – two main career results – and also closed his second spell by the German team Liebherh Ochsenhausen with the Bundesliga Cup.
This Sunday’s achievement in Slovenia is shows that at 29 he is at his best, mature and consistent moment, reversing complicated moments in matches and spending the security that, most of the time, especially against players below him in the world ranking, Calderano is very favorite.
