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Truls Möregårdh was sensationally knocked out in the big competition in Singapore.
All the resurrection after the silver success in the Olympics has affected the Jerring Prize winner, believes ping pong legend Jan-Ove Waldner.
– This will be his most difficult time in his entire career, says Waldner in SVT’s broadcast.
American Kanak Jha -Who got a wildcard for the tournament and is ranked number 56 in the world-knocked out the Swedish Olympic silver medalist and the World Sven with 3-2 in the second round of the World Tour in Singapore.
Truls Möregårdh Lost everything when everything was to be decided in the fifth set. At the score 2-2, JHA won nine straight balls to take home the set by 11-2.
Waldner about Truls
Table tennis legend Jan-Ove Waldner Finds the explanation in the fact that the 22-year-old was affected after the success of the Paris Olympics, where Möregårdh took silver in both the single and team tournament.
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The Swede was voted in January as the winner of the Jerring Prize and has been very visible in both advertising and media contexts since last summer.
– I don’t think he has been at peace for a while after the Olympics. He is Sweden’s most popular athlete right now. Wherever you go, everyone talks about Truls, says Waldner SVT’s broadcast.
– He will come back. Somehow it was good that this happened. Then he has to start over and for the next tournament he strikes a bit, he continues.
Källberg remains
Even in the first round, Möregårdh had major problems with the Romanian Ovidiu Ionescuas he knocked out by 3-2 in set.
– Where you get up to the top and make great results, everyone wants to beat you. This will be his most difficult time, this year, in his entire career, says Waldner.
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Anton Källberg is thus the only remaining Swede in the singles tournament. The Swede meets the Chinese world set on Thursday Wang Chuqin in the eighth finals.
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