Truls Möregårdh defeated German player Franziska 4–0 with set scores of 13–11, 11–5, 11–7, and 11–4 in the round of 16. Möregårdh will face Japanese player Sora Matsushima, ranked eighth in the world, in the quarterfinals at 03:00 Swedish time on Good Friday. Earlier in the tournament, Möregårdh defeated Jonathan Groth in the second round.
He is through to the knockout stage and the round of 16 in the major tournament. His next opponent in the round of 16 was scheduled to be French player Thibault Poret on Friday at 11:00 Swedish time. Other Swedish players faced elimination.
Kristian Karlsson lost to Yun Ju Lin from Taiwan in three straight sets, 8–11, 4–11, 5–11. Kristian Karlsson also lost to world number three Hugo Calderano with set scores of 11–13, 11–5, 11–1, 4–11, 11–9. Anton Källberg lost to world number six Felix Lebrun with set scores of 11–6, 10–12, 11–5, 5–11, 11–7.
It was difficult to win today's match! Hana is only 17 years old, and with her performances in this competition she has written African history.
Both Kristian Karlsson and Anton Källberg finished second in their groups and are eliminated from the tournament. In the women's singles World Cup in Macao, Sun Yingsha defeated Egyptian player Hana Goda 4–3 in sets with scores of 13–11, 11–8, 14–16, 5–11, 10–12, 11–3, and 13–11. Sun Yingsha won a point due to an edge ball at 12–11 in the decisive seventh set against Hana Goda.
Sun Yingsha will face German player Sabine Winter in the semifinals. The tournament features the world's 24 best-ranked players. The tournament final is on Sunday.
SVT broadcasts the Singapore Smash tournament. The exact schedule for the knockout stage of the tournament has not been released yet. Truls Möregårdh defeated Anton Källberg 4–1 with set scores of 11–8, 11–3, 11–9, 2–11, and 11–2 to win the Swedish Championship (SM) gold.
I just took one point at a time, but it was difficult to win the whole match.
Möregårdh has won six consecutive Swedish Championship (SM) gold medals. Möregårdh has two Olympic silver medals: one from the singles tournament and one from the team tournament in the same Olympic Games. During his earlier match against Jonathan Groth, Truls Möregårdh had disagreements with the umpire about the serve on a couple of occasions.
Later in the second set against Groth, the umpire called another serve a fault, which Möregårdh challenged, but this time the umpire was correct. Jonathan Groth took a timeout at 4–1 in the second set to stop the run of points. In another match, Truls Möregårdh won against Indian player Manav Thakkar with set scores of 11–5, 3–11, 11–7, and 11–5.
Additional match results include Thibault Poret defeating German player Dang Qiu in the second round. Hana Goda previously played three seasons in Eslöv. Sun Yingsha won the Olympic Games in Paris and the last two world championships.