
The Swedish pair is ready for the semi-finals in mixed doubles after a convincing victory in the quarter-finals.
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Sweden missed a medal in the last European Championship in mixed doubles. There is no bronze medal match in the tournament.
In the table tennis European Championships two years ago, Källberg and Karlsson went to the quarter-finals and missed out on a medal by the smallest possible margin, but this time there was no talk of the matter.
The Portuguese pair of João Geraldo/Mariana Santa were defeated in the quarter-finals in three straight sets, 13–11, 11–7, 11–2. For Stina Källberg, the victory in Ljubljana meant extra.
- So fun, especially when we were so close last at the EC to getting a medal. So I've really been looking for this medal, it feels so damn good, she says to SVT.
Since there is no bronze medal match, at least one bronze medal is already secured before the semi-finals, which will be played at lunchtime on Thursday. But it can be even more fun if the Swedish couple continues to offer equally good ping-pong in the future.
- These last two matches have been fantastically good, says Kristian Karlsson to SVT.
The French couple Alexis Lebrun and Charlotte Lutz await in the semi-finals.
- We met in China Smash a week or so ago and fell in a very tough match. We have a game that can carry all the way, says Källberg to TT.
Earlier on Wednesday, Kristian Karlsson, paired with Stina Källberg's brother Anton, had to work harder in the round of 16 in the men's doubles. But the Swedish pair eventually won 11–9, 9–11, 11–8, 15–13 against Marcos Freitas/Tiago Apolonia.
The Portuguese had four set points in the fourth set to force a tiebreaker, but Karlsson and Källberg saved them all and were then able to decide on their second match point.
Tough opposition awaits in the quarter-finals in the second-seeded Germans Dang Qiu/Benedikt Duda.
The newly formed couple Elias Ranefur and Truls Möregårdh were knocked out by Esteban Dorr and Florian Bourrassaud. The Swedes won the first set, but the French then took three straight for a 3–1 victory.
- We are doing as well as we can with the few conditions we have been given, says Möregårdh to SVT.
In the women's doubles, it's over for Stina Källberg and Filippa Bergand, who also fell 1-3 against Nina Mittelham/Annett Kaufmann, Germany.
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Semi-final will be played at lunchtime on Thursday.
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