Round 2 - WD : No surprises with the favorites
The first French players to enter the court were Emilie Lefel and Anne Tran. They were facing the Japanese pair Matsumoto/Nagahara. Even if they were helped by the French crowd and dozens of kids cheering on them, it was not enough and they lost 21-11 21-11. But Anne explained « We were too stressed out and couldn’t turn the support we received to our advantage. We’ll come back stronger next year and hopefully with better results. » They need to keep working on some aspects of their game as she specified : « They were stronger on turning points but we always learn from our mistakes and this is always a good experience. »
The Japanese pair Tanaka/Yomemoto (number 6 seed) faced the pair Efler/Herttrich from Germany ranked 30th. The first half was in favor of the Germans but the japanese finally took the advantage 21-15. A similar scenario happened in the second set but with a tighter score of 21-17.
In one of the last matches of the day, Fukushima/Hirota (number 1 seed) easily qualified themselves 21-11 21-12 beating the Chineses Huang/Huang.