Sweden lost only one set in the three singles matches.
Stina Källberg started by defeating Elisavet Terpou in three straight sets, 11–9, 11–5, 11–5.
Super nice. I got a good start and had a nice feeling all the way, says Källberg, the Swedish number two, to SVT.
Filippa Bergand was in a tough spot in the beginning against Aikaterini Toliu, lost the first set and was behind 8–10 in the second. Then it turned.
I was very stiff and had trouble reading her spin in the beginning. There were not many right. Getting the second set was very important, then I was in it, she says.
Bergand won with 7–11, 12–10, 11–4, 11–4.
Then Swedish number one and anchor Linda Bergström, 30, finished by defeating Ioanna Gerasimatou in three straight sets, 11–8, 11–8, 11–9. Bergström is tenth on the European ranking.
The Swedish women, who enter the championship in Croatian Zadar as the fifth-ranked nation, will meet Austria on Monday in their second and last match in the group stage.
The Swedish women reached the quarterfinals in the last team European Championship on home ground in Malmö 2023.
