Andernos and Laxou defend their top positions

ANDERNOS - The champion team of Andernos starts the second round of the French league on Thursday. The opponent is Cetsi Morangis. Laxou plays a home match against St. Maur on Saturday in its strongest line-up.

Four players from the top 25 in the world and four players from the top eight of France meet Thursday in Andernos. The match for Group A is played in advance. The other match, between Colmar and Albert, is on the calendar for December 21st.

Andernos is the leader in the group ahead of Albert, Morangis and Colmar. The matches start at 16.00 on Thursday and are broadcast live by Kozoom.

The matches:

Francis Connesson (French number 4) against Jean Reverchon (French number 8).

Jérôme Barbeillon (French number 2) against Richard Bitalis (French number 3)

Roland Forthomme (16th on in the world ranking) against Eddy Leppens (25th in the world ranking)

Filippos Kasidokostas (number 11 on the world ranking) against Eddy Merckx (number 4).

In Group B the encounter between Laxou and St. Maur is played on Saturday: start at 15.00. Gravelines meets the Kozoom team on 20 December.

Laxou won its first home match in this group 6-2 against Kozoom, including great matches of Martin Horn (50 in 18 innings, 2.778) and Torbjörn Blomdahl (50 in 19, 2.778).