The 2024 ITTF Saudi Arabia Grand Slam will continue to compete in the first round of competitions, and the national table tennis will continue to make great progress, and the players who have played will remain undefeated and advance to the top 32 of singles. In the last game, world runner-up Moregard lost 1-3 to Chinese teenager Lin Shidong. Waldner's successor Carlberg lost 2-3 to South Korean star Lee Sang-so after winning two games, so Sweden was left with only the world champion Karlsson, and as a result, he played poorly in the match with another South Korean star Ahn Jae-hyun, Karlsson lost three games in a row in the game, and lost to the opponent with a total score of 0-3, so that the first round of this Saudi Arabian Grand Slam has not ended, and the strongest opponent of the national table tennis men's singles, the Swedish men's team, has been wiped out in the singles competition.
Sweden men's table tennis this Grand Slam sent men's singles world runner-up Moregaard, Waldner's successor Carlberg and world champion Karlsson, Karlsson is the men's doubles champion of the World Table Tennis Championships, although the singles achievements can not be compared with doubles, but in fact, Karlsson reached the semifinals of the singles World Cup as early as nine years ago, and has considerable strength. South Korean star Ahn Jae-hyun won the bronze medal in the men's singles at the World Table Tennis Championships, but in recent years he has not had too many outstanding results, from the perspective of comprehensive strength, the two are almost the same, the younger Ahn Jae-hyun is more energetic, but Karlsson has more experience in the game, it should be said that the two have their own strengths, and the outcome of the game depends on the on-the-spot performance.
The match between Karlsson and Ahn Jae-hyun was as intense as the outside world thought before the game, although it was a one-sided situation in terms of the big score, but it was still very intense in terms of the score difference in each game. In the first game, the two sides played inextricably, and the two kept biting the score, although Karlsson played very tenaciously, he did not give up when he was behind, but unfortunately too many mistakes put him in a passive position, and Ahn Jae-hyun seized the opportunity to win 11-9 at the end of the game to take the lead. In the second round, the two competed more fiercely, and the two took the lead alternately and fought to a 10-10 draw, and Ahn Jae-hyun, who was still more able to give it a go, seized the opportunity to take the next city 13-11 and led 2-0. In the third game, Karlsson, who had no way out, was passive at the beginning, and Ahn Jae-hyun, who was becoming more and more courageous, firmly took the initiative and took a 9-6 lead, and Karlsson, who had no way out, was weak and finally lost the third game 6-11, losing to Ahn Jae-hyun with a total score of 0-3 and being eliminated in the first round.
Swedish men's table tennis world champion Karlsson suffered a first-round tour, while his two teammates Moregard and Carlberg were also eliminated in previous matches. World runner-up Moregard played against the national table tennis teenager Lin Shidong in the first round, Lin Shidong entered the state quickly in the first game, while Moregard entered the state slowly, Lin Shidong played a good start and gradually opened the score and finally won the first game easily 11-4. In the second game, Lin Shidong firmly grasped the opportunity to win another game 11-9 after winning 5-0 at the beginning, and in the third game, Moregard let go of the situation after falling behind at the beginning, overtook the score in the middle game and finally pulled back a game 13-11, and in the fourth game, Lin Shidong scored six points in a row to win 11-5 when the two sides fought to 5-5, and eliminated the world runner-up Moregard with a total score of 3-1. Carlberg's first-round opponent is South Korea's Lee Sang-so, Carlberg is one of the strongest players in Sweden's men's table tennis, the first round of the game with Lee Sang-so played well, he won two games in a row 11-5, 14-12, but then the situation on the court changed abruptly, Lee Sang-so won three consecutive games 11-7, 11-7, 11-9, and defeated Carlberg with a total score of 3-2 and advanced to the second round of men's singles.