European Table Tennis Championships: Félix Lebrun achieves a double after an exceptional week for France.

De Nodrest and Pavade's Achievements

French player Prithika Pavade, on the other hand, lost earlier in the afternoon, defeated by Russian Elizabet Abraamian 4-3 (11-8, 5-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-8, 10-12, 11-13), despite having a match point in her favor. At just 22 years old, the French player returns from Slovenia with a bronze medal, the first European medal for French women's table tennis since 2012, and the first in singles for the left-hander in her senior career.

However, the scenario was cruel for the French player, whose match point was saved in the decisive match. Before that, Prithika Pavade had managed to take the lead three times against the world number 39. Even in the sixth set, she saved the first two set points from Abraamian, but to no avail. Trailing 5-2 in the final set, Prithika Pavade took advantage of a timeout called by her coach Patrick Chila to get back into the match, eventually finding herself with a qualification point at 10-9. But in this captivating duel, it was ultimately the Russian who capitalized on her second match point.

Already crowned in youth competitions and recognized as an iconic face of French table tennis despite her young age, Prithika Pavade had an impressive run thus far, notably defeating the European number 1 and world number 9, Sabine Winter, in the round of 16.

Léo De Nodrest, who also had a remarkable run before losing to Félix Lebrun in the semifinals, managed to defeat German player Benedikt Duda in a decisive match (4-3: 11-5, 11-3, 4-11, 3-11, 11-6, 4-11, 11-7) in the quarterfinals, after already dominating Darko Jorgic, ranked 12th in the world, in the previous round. A more than respectable record for the 26-year-old player, who came through the qualifiers.