The goal was first to win the entire tournament. but this was a sub-goal to become historic so far. I'm feeling great, says Truls Möregårdh to SVT.
He defeated the South Korean An Jae-Hyun with 4–2 (11–8, 7–11, 11–8, 11–8, 8–11, 14–12) in an even quarterfinal, where both players made several easy mistakes.
Prior to the match, Möregårdh, ranked seventh in the world, was the favorite against the 17th-ranked South Korean. But they had 2–2 in mutual matches, which also explained that it initially became an even match.
But Möregårdh won the important balls, despite some misses that irritated him, which also contributed to him being able to win the psychologically important fourth set.
In the fifth set, An Jae-Hyun was behind with 4–7, but turned it around and won the set with 11–8.
The sixth set became a thriller. Möregårdh had three match balls, but An Jae-Hyun came back and had two set balls before the Swede turned it around and won the set with 14–12 and thus also the match.
He is a ridiculously tough opponent to meet, which means you have to concentrate more and not go too much on emotions, but be focused, says Truls Möregårdh.
In the semifinal, which is played on Saturday, Truls Möregårdh meets the German Benedikt Duda, who has impressed greatly in Malmö.
It will be extremely tough. He is a player who in the last half year has only moved forward and forward. Hopefully, you can find a way that makes him feel bad in my game instead of me ending up in his game.
