Billiards" takes over from "Brother Glasses"! LeBron Jr. came back from behind to win the championship, writing a story about brothers winning the European Championship.
France's F. Leblanc, ranked second in the world, overcame a 2:3 deficit in the men's singles final of the 2026 European Individual Table Tennis Championships, and finally defeated the Swedish star Carlberg 4:3 to win the first European Championship men's singles championship in his career.
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F. Leblanc, the French snooker brother ranked second in the world, overcame a 2:3 deficit in the men's singles final of the European Individual Table Tennis Championships, and finally defeated Swedish star Carlberg 4:3 to win the first European Championship men's singles championship in his career, successfully succeeding his brother A. Leblanc.
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F. LeBron made it all the way to the finals at the 2026 European Individual Table Tennis Championships, while his brother A. LeBron won the men's singles championship at the 2024 European Championships in Linz.
French brother F. Leblanc defeated Swedish star Carl Berg and won the European Championship men's singles championship.
[Reporter Xu Mingli/Comprehensive Report] France's No. 2 F. Leblanc, who is ranked second in the world, overcame a 2:3 deficit in the men's singles final of the 2026 European Individual Table Tennis Championships and played an excellent performance of 11:1 in the decisive game. He finally reversed the Swedish star Carlberg 4:3 and won the first European Championship men's singles championship in his career.
LeBron Jr., who is ranked as the top seed in men's singles, defeated Poland's Kubik, Croatian player Benn, and Swedish player Lana Forl all the way from the round of 64. In the top 8, he defeated the German star Frangiska in straight four. The top 4 faced the dark horse Nordrest, who had consecutively defeated Slovenia's No. 1 Jokic and the German star Duda, and also passed the test with 4:2.
Carlberg, ranked 29th in the world, also defeated the Greek chipping veteran Gionis and the Norwegian player Hauge in a row. The top four defeated the 2022 European Championship champion and the German pen-hand stick player Qiu Dang 4:2, reaching the final for the first time. French "Glasses" A. LeBron, who was seeking to defend his title, lost to Qiu Dang 1:4 in the quarterfinals.
LeBron Jr. has faced Kallberg four times in international competitions and has never lost, but the last time he narrowly defeated Kallberg in 5 games at this year's Macau World Cup was a narrow victory of 3:2. They met again tonight, and the situation was still tight. After playing the first 5 games, LeBron Jr. trailed by 7:11, 11:9, 13:11, 8:11, and 9:11. Starting from the 6th game, LeBron gave it a try and scored 4 points in a row at 4:3, including two consecutive serves from his opponent, and tied the game at 11:6. In the decisive game, LeBron started the game strongly at 5:1. After changing sides, his hand continued to feel hot. He launched another 6:0 offensive, and happily won the championship at 11:1, and excitedly jumped on the table to celebrate the victory.
LeBron Jr. said, "Honestly, I really don't know what just happened. I played the best game of my life in the last game." When trailing 2:3 in the game, he told his coach, "Although we have tactics, my serve is not in good condition and I can't execute it at all." So he decided to forget the tactics, let it go and see the result.
"I didn't expect that this would actually help me perform incredibly well in the last two games."
This championship is of special significance to F. LeBron because he successfully succeeded his brother, A. LeBron, to win the men's singles championship at the 2024 European Championships in Linz.
