18 Octobre 2022

Le Racketlon était à nouveau à l’honneur au Green Club de Romanel pour le tournoi du RC Léman. Quarante participants répartis en quatre tableaux mixtes ont joué dans une ambiance fair-play et sympathique !

Voici le résumé des résultats :

Tableau A

C’était un jour particulier à Lausanne puisque Nicolas Lenggenhager (7ème mondial) est revenu à la compétition sur le sol national après avoir disputé cette année de nombreux tournois internationaux.

Sans surprise, il s’impose donc face à Julien Meister (qui ne conserve donc pas son titre acquis en avril dernier), Giovanni Gentile et Valentin Henin.

Ce dernier a beaucoup bataillé mais s’est incliné sur ses 3 matchs pour laisser la 2ème place à Julien Meister et la 3ème à Giovanni Gentile.

Tableau B

Dans un tableau B homogène, c’est Luca Martinez qui remporte le titre face à Anthony Levavasseur après un improbable & incroyable comeback en finale (21-2 au tennis alors que son adversaire avait gagné les 3 autres sports et avait seulement besoin de 6 points…).

Riccardo Raimo s’est emparé de la 3ème place après un très beau combat face au surprenant Odel Alvarez (différence de 6 points seulement).

Tableau C

Tête de série du tableau C en l’absence d’un tableau féminin, Marine Pelet a fait preuve de beaucoup de maitrise en atteignant la finale sans sortir sa raquette de tennis.

La finale fut très intense (12-21 / 21-6 / 19-21 / 17-20 : seulement 1 point d’écart) et remportée par Marine Pelet à l’issue d’un tennis d’anthologie face à la WC Mathieu Plourde.

La 3ème place revient à Mathéo Grandchamp qui continue sa progression à mesure du nombre de ses participations. Il s’est imposé face à Vincent Roesch (ancien vainqueur du tableau D l’année passée !).

Tableau D – Hommes

Un très beau tableau D avec une majorité de joueurs qui participaient à leur 1er tournoi. Pour son premier racketlon, c’est le badiste Rémi Engler qui sort vainqueur après 4 victoires aisées (il n’a pas sorti sa raquette de tennis du tournoi !). Il bat en finale Emilien Gauthey qui termine donc 2ème comme en avril dernier.

La tête de série de ce tableau, Michaël Guye, complète le podium après une belle victoire contre Alexandre Chatelain (14-21 / 21-6 / 21-19 / 12-15).

Merci à tous les joueurs et joueuses !

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02 Septembre 2022

This year's World Championships held in Vienna and Graz promised to be the biggest event in the history of Racketlon. Nearly 500 participants from 35 countries have competed in 12 team, 28 Doubles and 31 singles categories (total 71!) to achieve a place on the podium. The competition has lasted over ten intensive days including the juniors (from u10 to u21), the seniors (from +40 to +70) and the elite draws.  Therefore, this was a great challenge for the organization team, which was only possible with the help of many volunteers and sponsors. However, gaps in the schedule and delays were unavoidable.

First up were the juniors and the seniors in Vienna. The Swiss team participated with one u16 (Andreas Kotala and Lucas Mateo Moreno) and one +55 team (Manfred Grab, Giovanni Gentile, Graham King, Beat Ladner and Gregor Meyer). Despite their small numbers, they managed to win several medals and showed some good results. The juniors team finished 7th place after losing against the later winners from Czech Republic. The seniors felt similarly as they lost to a strong team from Great Britain by only five points and also ended up 7th. In singles the most successful swiss player was Graham. Together with the englishman Julian Clapp he won the +65 doubles and became 2nd in the +65 singles after a contested final against his double partner. Congrats also to Manfred and Giovanni who become 3rd in the +50 doubles and only lost by one point in the +55 doubles final. Also worth mentioning is the 7th place of Andreas and the 9th place of Lucas in the u16 as well as the 4th place of Manfred in the +55 singles.

Andrea Kotala and Lucas Mateo Moreno                  

Graham King, Giovanni Gentile, Gregor Meyer, Beat Ladner, Manfred Grab

After a one-day break the competition continued with the elite in the Racket Sport Center in Graz which sadly turned out to be way too small for such a big event. Nicole Eisler, Oliver Bühler, Nicolas Lenggenhager, Noah and Léon Mamié represented Switzerland in the team World Cup. The number four seeded faced a very strong team from Germany in their first round. After a tough fight and some spectacular ball exchanges they lost by 25 points in the end. Anyway, that turned out to be a good result as the Germans won both the semifinal and the final by only one point to become the winner of the World Cup for the first time. In the end, the Swiss delegation finished 7th after being beaten by the Czech Republic by two points and having defeated the Netherlands in their last game. It should also be mentioned that they developed a very good team spirit during the tournament. With the team shout "geile Schuss" they had lots of success and confused many opponents. ;)

Léon Mamié, Noah Mamié, Oliver Bühler, Nicole Eisler, Nicolas Lenggenhager

In the singles and doubles most Swiss players unfortunately dropped out of the tournament in the first round. Noah and Léon Mamié were the only participants from Switzerland who got through the first round in the Men B draw. On the bottom half of the draw, Noah later lost to Jakub Svec in a competitive quarterfinal match. Jakub then went on to win the tournament in an impressive style. On the other side of the draw, his brother Léon managed to get to the semifinal, where he was defeated by a strong competitor from India. However, Léon beat Guidi Weijel in the bronze medal match to become 3rd without even having to use his tennis racket once!

As you probably have recognized from this report, this year's event was a bit too big. For that reason, the doubles and singles World Championships will be split next year. The singles competition will be held in Rotterdam and the doubles in London.

LM