See the match’s key moment in the player above.
The last Swedish victory in the tournament came in 1996, when Jan-Ove Waldner won.
Truls Möregårdh has been in the final twice earlier, 2022 and 2024, but got to be defeated by Slovenke Darko Jorgić both times.
The eighth finals started shaky for Truls Möregårdh where the Spanish Alvaro Robles won the first set.
Fourth set offered drama
Möregårdh then found back to his game and won the second and third sets and went up to a 2-1 lead.
At the score 7–6, a long and spectacular ball was decided to Möregårdh’s advantage.
Möregårdh kept the grip and closed the match with 11–7, which secured the victory with 3-1 in set and a place in the quarterfinals.
Anton Källberg lost his eighth final against Dang Qiu from Germany by 3-0 in set.
However, Linda Bergström won against Nina Mittelham after winning three straight sets and playing just like Truls Möregårdh, quarterfinals on Saturday.
Truls Möregårdh meets Marcos Freitas from Portugal and Linda Bergström is set against Elisabeta Samara from Romania.