Against the French pair Téo Rotar and Arnaud Gauthier-Rat, a deciding set was required for the Olympic Games gold medalists from Paris to advance to the semifinal. But once there, it was no contest.
The final score was 21–11, 15–21, 15–10.
When semifinal play was secured, the duo however left a disappointing message and withdrew from further play in the tournament.
I do not want to risk anything ahead of the European Championship and the World Championship, says Jonatan Hellvig to SVT.
Hellvig suffered an injury to an abdominal muscle during the Beach Pro Tour tournament in Malmö on June 15 and the duo then also chose to withdraw.
Hellvig's injury has since felt better but is now bothering him again.
I pulled the muscle and felt that I could not attack fully. We do not want to risk it getting worse.
