The Skånska Dagbladet reports that the Olympic Games hero from Paris last summer will play in the Swedish Championship in Fyrishov in Uppsala. There, Truls Möregårdh can take his fifth consecutive Swedish Championship gold in singles – something no male player has managed before.
He will play. It's a wonderful message. I think he's doing the right thing by showing up here, not least to take the chance to actually become historic, says Mattias Andersson, coach of the club team Eslöv, to the newspaper.
"All losers"
The Jerring Award winner is in a heated conflict with the Swedish Table Tennis Association.
The dispute is about, among other things, that he wants his brother Malte Möregårdh as match coach at World Championship tournaments instead of coaches appointed by the association.
"Performing table tennis at the world level is much about security", Truls Möregårdh wrote in a text message to SVT on Monday.
The association wrote on its website on Tuesday that they are "humble" in the face of the situation and "take to heart the criticism that has emerged" – where they want to find a solution through dialogue.
"As it is now, we are all losers", wrote the association.
"Obstructed"
When the conflict became known last weekend, the player's father – Carl Möregårdh – stated that the world number seven might skip the Swedish Championship.
Right now, it's uncertain if Truls will play the Swedish Championship, and it's entirely due to the association's actions. He really wants to take a fifth consecutive Swedish Championship gold, but it's not fun to show up when he's being obstructed in this way, said Carl Möregårdh to Skånska Dagbladet.
Now Truls Möregårdh is on site in Uppsala. As top-seeded, he is exempt from the first round and goes directly into the round of 16.
