Sweden's table tennis team has had a good start at the World Team Championships. They comfortably defeated South Korea and England on the first day of competition.
SportsTable tennis veteran Kristian Karlsson, 34, recently became a father but will not be at the World Team Championships in London until Saturday. "I will not use him in any of the seeding matches," says national team captain Marcus Sjöberg.
SportsTable tennis star Truls Möregårdh is in fine form at the World Cup in Macau. The Swede beat Germany's Patrick Franziska in four straight sets in the round of 16.
SportsTruls Möregårdh got off to the best possible start at the World Cup in Macau. The Swede beat India’s Manav Thakkar 3–1 in his second group match and is through to the round of 16.
SportsTruls Möregårdh did it again. The table tennis star has won his sixth consecutive Swedish Championship gold medal - a feat no one else has achieved. "I am, of course, very pleased to win again," Möregårdh said.
SportsWorld No. 2 Truls Möregårdh had no trouble advancing from the first round of the Table Tennis World Tour in China. The Swede beat Dane Anders Lind 3–0 in sets.
SportsKällberg and Karlsson's run came to a halt in the quarterfinals. The French star brothers Félix and Alexis Lebrun showed class and won the doubles match in three straight sets at the WTT event in Singapore.
SportsAnton Källberg and Kristian Karlsson delivered a top-class doubles performance, beating the seventh-seeded Japanese duo Shunsuke Togami and Sora Matsushima 3–0 in straight sets at the WTT table tennis tournament in Singapore.
SportsTruls Möregårdh turned a deficit into a victory, 3–1 in sets, against South Korea's Cho Seung-min. He now faces Danish Jonathan Groth in the second round of the WTT table tennis tournament in Singapore.
SportsTruls Möregårdh reached the round of 16 at the European Top 16 tournament in Montreux, Switzerland. The Swedish table tennis player lost 1–3 to Portugal's Marcos Freitas.
SportsTable tennis player Anton Källberg is out in Doha. The Swede lost 1-3 to Japan's Yukiya Uda in the first round of the WTT Champions tournament.
SportsSweden will have to do without star Truls Möregårdh in the World Cup for mixed teams in December. The tournament clashes with the WTT playoffs.
SportsAnton Källberg's successful tournament is over. The Swede lost the quarterfinals 1–4 in sets to home player Dang Qiu.
SportsThree straight sets against compatriot Truls Möregårdh. Three straight sets against Frenchman Alexis Lebrun. Anton Källberg has hit his prime – and is ready for the quarterfinals of the WTT Champions in Frankfurt.
SportsTable tennis star Truls Möregårdh was unable to recharge after his big win in Montpellier on Sunday. The world number five went straight to the world tour in Frankfurt. In 18 minutes, he was crushed by national teammate Anton Källberg 3–0 in the set.
SportsTable tennis star Truls Möregårdh, 23, made a successful comeback after his knee injury. He outclassed 18-year-old Japanese Sora Matsushima in the final of the major competition on the world tour in Montpellier. It's crazy. A shock, he says in the victory interview after 4–0 in the set.
SportsTruls Möregårdh is through to the quarterfinals of the WTT Champions tournament in Montpellier, France. He defeated his German friend Dimitrij Ovtcharov 3–1 in sets in the round of 16.
SportsTruls Möregårdh was the strongest in the Swedish meeting in the major table tennis tournament in Montpellier. He defeated his national teammate Anton Källberg with a clear 3–0 in sets in the first round.
SportsTruls Möregårdh and Anton Källberg will not have cheered after the draw of WTT Champions in French Montpellier. The Swedes meet directly in the first round.
SportsSweden's men are eliminated from the team European Championship in table tennis. The reigning champions fell in the quarterfinals against Romania. Enormous disappointment, says Kristian Karlsson to SVT after the 2–3 loss.
SportsBoth Sweden's men and women are quarterfinal-ready in the team European Championship in Croatia. The women impressed greatly when Spain was defeated with 3–0 in the round of 16. Now we have cleared our seeding, it's a subgoal, but we want a medal, says Filippa Bergand to SVT.
SportsTwo matches, two wins. The reigning champion team Sweden has started the team European Championship in Croatia in the best possible way. Blue and yellow are moving on as group winner after 3–0 against the Czech Republic.
SportsStar Truls Möregårdh is missing due to knee problems. Despite this, the reigning champion team Sweden got a taste start at the European Championship team event in Croatia. Turkey was defeated with 3–0 in matches.
SportsTruls Möregårdh will miss the team European Championship in table tennis due to a knee injury, according to the Swedish Table Tennis Association. "Unfortunately, the X-ray showed that the pain in my knee I've been feeling for a while was an overexertion", says Möregårdh.
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