Mattias FALCK plays table tennis of his life

LIEBHERR 2019 ITTF World Championships

World’s no. six LEE Sangsu of Korea is out from the Round of 16 of the Men’s Singles Event at the LIEBHERR 2019 ITTF World Championships in Budapest. After five games duel Mattias FALCK of Sweden booked his place in the quarterfinal. Tomorrow he will meet another European – Simon GAUZY. French player today overcame WANG Yang of Slovakia.

 

“I am playing in the best shape of my life; even better than last time in Halmstad. I am very happy for this victory ” said FALCK.

 

LEE was the player with the better start today 1-4 (13-11 8-11 8-11 5-11 6-11).

 

“It was important to have a better start but I managed to recover quickly. I won muck more points on the first attack in the second game. I played more aggressive. I had no doubts in my speed and I had no concerns about my ability to move around the court. Forehand served me good too…”said FALCK.

 

Jorgen PERSSON joined the coaching staff in Swedish federation as a match manager and he we will be present in Minsk at the European Games this summer in the same role.

 

“He helped me a lot with the tactics. I got good advices from him and his experience also gave me calmness and confidence ” explained FALCK.

 

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