The WTT Grand Slam tournament is in the middle of the doubles quarterfinals, and I did not expect the first round of the game to break out. Falke/Carlson, the men's doubles champions of last year's World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, lost 2-3 to the Austrian duo of Haberson/Gardos. To say that the strongest opponent of the national table tennis combination Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin in this competition is undoubtedly the world table tennis champion combination. Unexpectedly, in the doubles event encountered a round trip, Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin were more confident in competing for the men's doubles championship.
Falke and Carlson reacted slowly as soon as they came up, quickly losing the first set 3-11. Both sides then won 11-5 to make it 2-1. But the Austrian duo has always grasped the initiative on the field, even if Falk and his teammates have consecutively equalized, the helpless state has deteriorated seriously, and it is regrettable to lose the game. The Grand Slam is less than a year away from the World Table Tennis Championships, Falke and Carlson are obviously not as confident as the World Table Tennis Championships, and the aura of the championship is disappearing.
Given the austrian duo's brilliant performance, Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin need to study one more opponent. In fact, The singles ability of Haberson and Gardos is also good, and coupled with the fact that there is no absolute strength gap between European players, it is understandable that they can beat the world table tennis championship combination.
With the doubles game out, Fark's Grand Slam trip was all over. As a former world table tennis singles champion, Fark did not sign well, and encountered the main national table tennis player Wang Chuqin in the first round of singles, and lost 0-3. It's normal to lose to the main players in singles matches, and Fark is not frustrated by this. However, doubles matches were Fark's dominant sport, and he had every chance to win the championship, and the result was a cold defeat to the Austrian combination, and Fark was very depressed after the game. Not to mention how important the results of Grand Slam events are, the prize money alone is enough to attract athletes to fierce competition.
And Sweden's other men's doubles pair, Carlberg/Moregaard, also lost 2-3, losing to the previous table tennis men's doubles champion Zhuang Zhiyuan/Chen Jian'an. There is a gap between the strength of Carlberg/Moregaard and Fark/Carlson, but the 20-year-old rising star Moregaard, as the runner-up in singles at last year's World Table Tennis Championships, still dragged the game into the decider with his personal ability, but unfortunately failed to reverse the game, and the experience of the competition was not as good as that of the Chinese Taipei combination.
Like Falke, Moregaard was out of the game on a two-line rout. Moregard lost 2-3 to Germany's No. 4 main Duda in the second round of men's singles, coupled with the men's doubles out, Moregaard also ended his Grand Slam trip. Watching Sweden's poor performance, one can't help but predict the team World Table Tennis Championships in September. In addition to the swedish team that was expected to return to the king of europe, it seems that it is still not as stable as the main German team. And sweden's core main force all lost, which is a blow to prepare for the World Table Tennis Championships.