Since the beginning of 2024, Alex Lanier has emerged as one of the interesting phenomena of the world badminton. The French tennis player did not accumulate enough points to help him attend the Paris Olympic Games, but took good advantage of the aftertaste time to accumulate points and surpass the top group of players.
The Japanese championship expanded 2024, as well as the Japanese runner -up expanded 2025 showing that Lanier was a powerful player. He also entered the Top 10 world, and is classified as a seed in China to expand 2025. However, good physical strength and stable performance are what Lanier does not have.
Lanier's weakness has been revealed in many previous tournaments. However, coming to China to expand, he showed that he was not ready for the big arenas in a row. In the first round, Lanier met his compatriot Toma Junior Popov and received a final defeat in 3 sets.
Defeat against Popov caused Lanier to stop the journey soon in China. Losing in the first round is unwanted for the French tennis player. In the opposite direction, he has more time to improve himself in the near future, when he has advanced quite quickly recently.
Alex Lanier was born in 2005, won a bronze medal in the world, European youth gold medal. In 2025, Lanier once won the European championship for the first time at the age of 20. At that time, the opponent was defeated by Lanier in the men's singles final, Toma Junior Popov. 1 year ago, he still scored points in Challenge and International.
