Truls MÖREGÅRDH and Linda BERGSTRÖM of Sweden successfully commenced their journey in Munich at the Mixed Doubles Event at the European Championships. In the Preliminary Round of 32 they overcame Toomas LIBENE and Airi AVAMERI of Estonia after full five games. On whether it is helpful to have got a preliminary round match having only played one tournament with Bergstrom before one year ago Truls said: “Of course. It’s tough when you haven’t played that much together so then it’s pretty nice to get to play a preliminary round match. That’s good for us to get to play a little feel the hall and the ball and all of that before playing the seeded pairs tomorrow. That’s always special. If we improve a couple of notches which I’m sure we will then we’ll be dangerous.” On starting his European Championships Munich 2022 in a dramatic fashion winning 3-2: “You get a bit of pulse to it that’s always nice. Estonians put pressure on us throughout the whole game and stuck to their tactics. They did it when it was 9-6 in those sets too and then it’s tough. You need to always play well. As soon as we lower our level a bit they’re going to take that chance which they did.” Asked what it would have been like to lose Truls said: “Then I’ve got no idea of what we would have done in the four coming days. I would’ve had to stroll around and have a look at the Olympic Park or something. It would have been sad. So it is really nice to come away with a win here.” Whilst favorites from Sweden justified their rankings it was bitter story for the player with most of the medals in Mixed Doubles at the europeans in the 21st century – Aleksandar KARAKASEVIC who paired up with Sabina SURJAN this time. They lost to Carlos CABALLERO and Sofia ZHANG after another full distance match. Among the winners are Benedikt DUDA and Sabine WINTER of Germany Austria’s Daniel HABESOHN and Romania’s Elizabeta SAMARA as well as Finland’s – Netherland’s combination of Benedek OLÁH and Britt EERLAND. “It’s a really nice feeling to play in front of the home crowd. I think the atmosphere will get even better because so far we’re in the qualification and I think the further the tournament goes more people will come and cheer for Germany and I’m really looking forward to that “said Sabine WINTER.”I’ve been looking forward to this competition a lot. You do not always play in front of a home crowd and you also don’t have a multi-sport event very often. I even come from 30 kilometers from Munich so it is like my home. It is nice for me that I can play such a big tournament in Munich.” On her ambitions at the European Championships Munich 2022: “I saw the medals here are very nice and I want to go home with one of them.” DUDA also underlined how good is to win in front of home crowd: “It is always special to play the European championships. It doesn’t matter where it is. But if you play for Germany in Germany it is very special. The whole arena is for you. They’re cheering for you and pushing you to your limits and I think it is a good advantage for us for the next round.” On losing one game to Italy’s Jordy PICCOLIN and Debora VIVARELLI winning the match 3-1: “In the second (game) we were doing just a few too many serve receive mistakes too easy mistakes on the first two balls. But in the end we were very clear and didn’t make too many mistakes. We also played some good rallies and at the end it (their play) worked.”  

Truls MÖREGÅRDH and Linda BERGSTRÖM of Sweden successfully commenced their journey in Munich at the Mixed Doubles Event at the European Championships. In the Preliminary Round of 32 they overcame Toomas LIBENE and Airi AVAMERI of Estonia after full five games. On whether it is helpful to have got a preliminary round match having only played one tournament with Bergstrom before one year ago Truls said: “Of course. It’s tough when you haven’t played that much together so then it’s pretty nice to get to play a preliminary round match. That’s good for us to get to play a little feel the hall and the ball and all of that before playing the seeded pairs tomorrow. That’s always special. If we improve a couple of notches which I’m sure we will then we’ll be dangerous.” On starting his European Championships Munich 2022 in a dramatic fashion winning 3-2: “You get a bit of pulse to it that’s always nice. Estonians put pressure on us throughout the whole game and stuck to their tactics. They did it when it was 9-6 in those sets too and then it’s tough. You need to always play well. As soon as we lower our level a bit they’re going to take that chance which they did.” Asked what it would have been like to lose Truls said: “Then I’ve got no idea of what we would have done in the four coming days. I would’ve had to stroll around and have a look at the Olympic Park or something. It would have been sad. So it is really nice to come away with a win here.” Whilst favorites from Sweden justified their rankings it was bitter story for the player with most of the medals in Mixed Doubles at the europeans in the 21st century – Aleksandar KARAKASEVIC who paired up with Sabina SURJAN this time. They lost to Carlos CABALLERO and Sofia ZHANG after another full distance match. Among the winners are Benedikt DUDA and Sabine WINTER of Germany Austria’s Daniel HABESOHN and Romania’s Elizabeta SAMARA as well as Finland’s – Netherland’s combination of Benedek OLÁH and Britt EERLAND. “It’s a really nice feeling to play in front of the home crowd. I think the atmosphere will get even better because so far we’re in the qualification and I think the further the tournament goes more people will come and cheer for Germany and I’m really looking forward to that “said Sabine WINTER.”I’ve been looking forward to this competition a lot. You do not always play in front of a home crowd and you also don’t have a multi-sport event very often. I even come from 30 kilometers from Munich so it is like my home. It is nice for me that I can play such a big tournament in Munich.” On her ambitions at the European Championships Munich 2022: “I saw the medals here are very nice and I want to go home with one of them.” DUDA also underlined how good is to win in front of home crowd: “It is always special to play the European championships. It doesn’t matter where it is. But if you play for Germany in Germany it is very special. The whole arena is for you. They’re cheering for you and pushing you to your limits and I think it is a good advantage for us for the next round.” On losing one game to Italy’s Jordy PICCOLIN and Debora VIVARELLI winning the match 3-1: “In the second (game) we were doing just a few too many serve receive mistakes too easy mistakes on the first two balls. But in the end we were very clear and didn’t make too many mistakes. We also played some good rallies and at the end it (their play) worked.”  

After the preliminary round of the matches in Doubles Event the European Championships in Munich is officially open this afternoon. ETTU Acting President Pedro MOURA accompanied with ETTU Deputy Acting Deputy President Heike AHLERT gave speech at the opening and wished all the players good luck and to fulfilled their dreams and targets. “This is very special moment. For the first time table tennis is the part of this big organisation. We are proud to be here in the city and the venue full of history; in the country full of table tennis history. LOC put a great effort and the result is the venue and event prepared at the highest standards ” stated Acting President MOURA in his opening speech. In next nine days we are going to see top European players fighting for the medals and the good matches are guaranteed. “From the players’ and coaches’ faces I could see the LOC did a great job to give them perfect conditions now I wish they fulfil their dreams and targets ” stated Acting President MOURA.  

After the preliminary round of the matches in Doubles Event the European Championships in Munich is officially open this afternoon. ETTU Acting President Pedro MOURA accompanied with ETTU Deputy Acting Deputy President Heike AHLERT gave speech at the opening and wished all the players good luck and to fulfilled their dreams and targets. “This is very special moment. For the first time table tennis is the part of this big organisation. We are proud to be here in the city and the venue full of history; in the country full of table tennis history. LOC put a great effort and the result is the venue and event prepared at the highest standards ” stated Acting President MOURA in his opening speech. In next nine days we are going to see top European players fighting for the medals and the good matches are guaranteed. “From the players’ and coaches’ faces I could see the LOC did a great job to give them perfect conditions now I wish they fulfil their dreams and targets ” stated Acting President MOURA.  

After the preliminary round of the matches in Doubles Event the European Championships in Munich is officially open this afternoon. ETTU Acting President Pedro MOURA accompanied with ETTU Deputy Acting Deputy President Heike AHLERT gave speech at the opening and wished all the players good luck and to fulfilled their dreams and targets. “This is very special moment. For the first time table tennis is the part of this big organisation. We are proud to be here in the city and the venue full of history; in the country full of table tennis history. LOC put a great effort and the result is the venue and event prepared at the highest standards ” stated Acting President MOURA in his opening speech. In next nine days we are going to see top European players fighting for the medals and the good matches are guaranteed. “From the players’ and coaches’ faces I could see the LOC did a great job to give them perfect conditions now I wish they fulfil their dreams and targets ” stated Acting President MOURA.  

The Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle will be the home for the Continental elite in next 10 days during the European Championships Munich 2022. In five medal events 39 nations with 225 players will fight for the honors. The reigning champion in men’s Singles Event Timo BOLL of Germany is on duty after the suspense that lasted until the last minute. His recovery from the rib injury ended well and Timo is ready to defend his title. Timo BOLL has won a total of 28 medals in singles doubles and with the team including 20 times gold. In singles alone he has been at the top of the podium eight times so far. However nor Timo nor last time’s vice champion Dimitrij OVTCHAROV are on the top of the seedings -Dima is no. three seed whilst Timo is no. 5. Topping the list is young Swede Truls MOREGARDH silver medalists from the World Championships in Huston. No. two seed is Slovenia’s Darko JORGIC. Last Championships’ Women’s Singles gold medalists Petrissa SOLJA of Germany will not be able to play in front of her home crowd but runner up from Warsaw her teammate SHAN Xiaona is ready for the challenge. No. one seed is another player who can bring joy to hart of host nation supporters – HAN Ying. Germany’s pairings SOLJA and SHAN won the title last year and Nina MITTELHAM and Sabine WINTER played in the final. This year top seeds are NI Xia Lian and Sarah DE NUTTE bronze medalists from Huston followed by Nina and Sabine. In Men’s Doubles at the top of the seedings are World Champions Mattias FALCK and Kristian KARLSSON of Sweden followed by Germany’s representatives QIU Dang and Benedict DUDA. Today at the opening day we will watch the preliminary matches in Doubles and Mixed Doubles events. Group Stages in Singles starts tomorrow. European Table Tennis Championships is the part of the multi-sport event that gathered nine existing European Championships of the continent’s leading sports. At the inaugural European Championships in Berlin and Glasgow in 2018 table tennis was not present.

The Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle will be the home for the Continental elite in next 10 days during the European Championships Munich 2022. In five medal events 39 nations with 225 players will fight for the honors. The reigning champion in men’s Singles Event Timo BOLL of Germany is on duty after the suspense that lasted until the last minute. His recovery from the rib injury ended well and Timo is ready to defend his title. Timo BOLL has won a total of 28 medals in singles doubles and with the team including 20 times gold. In singles alone he has been at the top of the podium eight times so far. However nor Timo nor last time’s vice champion Dimitrij OVTCHAROV are on the top of the seedings -Dima is no. three seed whilst Timo is no. 5. Topping the list is young Swede Truls MOREGARDH silver medalists from the World Championships in Huston. No. two seed is Slovenia’s Darko JORGIC. Last Championships’ Women’s Singles gold medalists Petrissa SOLJA of Germany will not be able to play in front of her home crowd but runner up from Warsaw her teammate SHAN Xiaona is ready for the challenge. No. one seed is another player who can bring joy to hart of host nation supporters – HAN Ying. Germany’s pairings SOLJA and SHAN won the title last year and Nina MITTELHAM and Sabine WINTER played in the final. This year top seeds are NI Xia Lian and Sarah DE NUTTE bronze medalists from Huston followed by Nina and Sabine. In Men’s Doubles at the top of the seedings are World Champions Mattias FALCK and Kristian KARLSSON of Sweden followed by Germany’s representatives QIU Dang and Benedict DUDA. Today at the opening day we will watch the preliminary matches in Doubles and Mixed Doubles events. Group Stages in Singles starts tomorrow. European Table Tennis Championships is the part of the multi-sport event that gathered nine existing European Championships of the continent’s leading sports. At the inaugural European Championships in Berlin and Glasgow in 2018 table tennis was not present.

The Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle will be the home for the Continental elite in next 10 days during the European Championships Munich 2022. In five medal events 39 nations with 225 players will fight for the honors. The reigning champion in men’s Singles Event Timo BOLL of Germany is on duty after the suspense that lasted until the last minute. His recovery from the rib injury ended well and Timo is ready to defend his title. Timo BOLL has won a total of 28 medals in singles doubles and with the team including 20 times gold. In singles alone he has been at the top of the podium eight times so far. However nor Timo nor last time’s vice champion Dimitrij OVTCHAROV are on the top of the seedings -Dima is no. three seed whilst Timo is no. 5. Topping the list is young Swede Truls MOREGARDH silver medalists from the World Championships in Huston. No. two seed is Slovenia’s Darko JORGIC. Last Championships’ Women’s Singles gold medalists Petrissa SOLJA of Germany will not be able to play in front of her home crowd but runner up from Warsaw her teammate SHAN Xiaona is ready for the challenge. No. one seed is another player who can bring joy to hart of host nation supporters – HAN Ying. Germany’s pairings SOLJA and SHAN won the title last year and Nina MITTELHAM and Sabine WINTER played in the final. This year top seeds are NI Xia Lian and Sarah DE NUTTE bronze medalists from Huston followed by Nina and Sabine. In Men’s Doubles at the top of the seedings are World Champions Mattias FALCK and Kristian KARLSSON of Sweden followed by Germany’s representatives QIU Dang and Benedict DUDA. Today at the opening day we will watch the preliminary matches in Doubles and Mixed Doubles events. Group Stages in Singles starts tomorrow. European Table Tennis Championships is the part of the multi-sport event that gathered nine existing European Championships of the continent’s leading sports. At the inaugural European Championships in Berlin and Glasgow in 2018 table tennis was not present.