Kristian Karlsson and Mattias Falck were knocked out in the quarterfinals of the doubles tournament at the World Championship in Doha. The Swedish pair thus leave the championship without a medal.
The French brothers Alexis and Félix Lebrun, ranked as the best men's doubles pair in the world, won the match 3–1 in sets and are through to the semifinals.
They are ranked number one in the world for a reason. We didn't quite reach the maximum level we need to beat them, says Kristian Karlsson to SVT.
Truls Möregårdh is the remaining Swedish hope in the World Championship. On Friday afternoon, the Olympic silver medalist faces Japan's Shunsuke Togami in the quarterfinals of the singles.
