World Table Tennis Championships Men's Doubles Champion, Swedish duo Karlsson/Falke 3:2 against german duo Walther / Otter to win the 2022 WTT Doha Regular Season Challenge Men's Doubles Title.
The Swedish combination is ranked fourth in the world, and the German combination is not well known, and the paper strength is very different, but it is not the same thing to fight.
The Swedish combination was a bit slow and hot, probably because yesterday's semi-final opponent, the national table tennis combination, withdrew, disrupting their normal preparation rhythm, and the start was a bit unable to keep up with the rhythm of the opponent.
In the first set, the Swedish duo trailed 1-5, although at one point chased the score to 8-8, 10-10, 11-11, 13-13, and finally lost the first set 13-15.
Karlsson used to play bravely in the final of the World Table Tennis Championships, but today's first set was short or reverse, and there were many mistakes.
In the second set, the two sides were locked in a battle, and at 6-7, the Swedish combination requested a timeout.
But the suspension also failed to work, with the German duo 9-7, 9-9, 10-9 again taking the set point. The German duo played so well that even Falktai was able to pull sideways and win another set 12-10 to give a 2-0 lead.
In the third set, the Swedish duo, which had no way back, finally showed its strength, seizing the characteristics of the opponents who were all right-handed shots, and pressing their backhand position to break through. After 4-5, the Swedish duo scored four consecutive points to open the score, and won the set point 10-6, and pulled back a set at 11-6, with a big score of 1:2.
In the fourth set, the two sides fought again to a 9-9 draw. The key points, the German combination lost the serve round, and the Swedish combination won another set 11-9 to chase the big score to 2:2.
The Swedish combination of one left and one right partner, try not to retreat, the connection speed has an advantage in the process of stalemate, while the German combination has to retreat farther and farther.
In the decider, the German combination was not troubled by losing 2 consecutive sets, there was no collapse, and the two sides still played inextricably.
The German pair lost 2 points in a row at 8-7 and requested a timeout.
The Swedish combination returned the ball to the opponent's backhand position bottom line, the opponent returned the ball wrong, and the Swedish combination won the match point 10-8. The last point, the serve rushed to score, a wave of 4-0, 11-8 reverse to win the last set, the big score 3:2 reverse to win the championship.
After all, the Swedish combination is stronger and has a greater psychological advantage, biting the score in the face of adversity and forcing the other side to make mistakes. However, overall, the Swedish combination failed to play their best level, perhaps because of insufficient pre-match preparation and light enemies!