The first phase of the Funbridge World Youth Open Bridge Championships – the pairs games– drew to a close on Friday with a prize-giving for the pairs winners before an enthusiastic crowd of mostly youth players in the Vu-graph auditorium.
Junior Pairs podium:
1. Linus Dahlstroem (Sweden) – Simon Ekenberg (Sweden)
2. Edouard Du Corail (France) – Loic Neveu (France)
3. Julien Bernard (France) – Baptiste Combescure (France)
Girls Pairs podium:
1. Sarah Combescure (France) – Mathilde Thuillez (France)
2. Yunpeng Chen (China) – Jiaming Xu (China)
3. Yajie Lu (China) – Xinyao Ruan (China)
Youngsters Pairs podium:
1. Cheng Deng (China) – Zhijie Yuan (China)
2. Federico Porta (Italy) – Gianmarco Giubilo (Italy)
3. Arthur Boulin (France) – Theo Guillemin (France)
Kids Pairs podium:
1. Yizhou Liu (China) – Mingyu Lu (China)
2. Ruicheng Mao (China) – Zhaochen Yu (China)
3. Licong Cheng (China) – Penghao Wang (China)
