Table tennis star Truls Möregårdh is missing from the championship in Zadar due to an overstrained knee.
Anton Källberg, however, substituted as anchor in the best possible way against the Czech Republic's singles ace Lubomir Jancarik. It became a victory with 3–0 in sets (11–2, 11–6, 11–8).
I'm damn pleased with my performance. Almost flawless, says Anton Källberg to SVT.
Källberg served incredibly well.
He had a very hard time returning. I got a lot of free points, he says.
Kristian Karlsson, who was rested in the premiere against Turkey (3–0), admittedly lost a set to Pavel Sirucek, but was able to win with 3–1 after the numbers 11–9, 11–1, 9–11, 11–7.
Mattias Falck could then secure the Swedish 3–0 victory via 3–1 in sets against Ondrej Kveton (8–11, 11–6, 11–4, 11–5).
Blue and yellow are thus advancing to the round of 16 as group winners. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Sweden has a day off.
We've had a really good start to the tournament. Now we have two days where we can have a good calm and fine-tune details for the round of 16, says Falck to SVT.
Sweden won the European Championship in team events on home soil in Malmö 2023.
