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Despite a troublesome shoulder, table tennis star Truls Möregårdh made it to the play in the World Championship.
But in the round of 16 in doubles, with Anton Källberg, it was a crushing defeat.
Vi were not close, says Källberg.
The top-seeded French brothers Félix and Alexis Lebrun won with 3–1 in sets.
The Swedes turned and won the first set with 12–10. But then they were helpless against the Frenchmen who won the following sets with 11–5, 11–3, 11–5.
We did not reach the level we needed, missed too much. We have to play with small margins not to get punished and that succeeded sometimes. But they are better than us, says Anton Källberg to SVT.
Truls Möregårdh and Anton Källberg lost the European Championship final against the Frenchmen with 0–3 in sets. That they now took a set against the European Champions does not seem like a step forward to Källberg.
No, I cannot say that. Despite winning the first set, we were not close to winning. We have a bit to work on to get up to their level, he says.
Möregårdh did not have time to stand up for an interview, but Källberg believed that his doubles partner was in pain when he played.
But he could play somewhat. I hope he can play as he wants in singles.
This afternoon, Möregårdh plays in the round of 16 in the singles tournament against Kao Cheng-Jui, Taiwan.
Källberg, who has also had injury troubles, faces the Japanese Maharu Yoshimura later tonight.
The Lebrun brothers face the Swedes Mattias Falck and Kristian Karlsson in the quarterfinals.
