in 1999, lost to Jan-Ove Waldner semi-final against the chinese Ma Lin in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, and thus became the bronze winner.
No american singles players, whether on men or women, has since taken a world CHAMPIONSHIP medal in table tennis.
until now.
the quarter-finals against 34-ranked frenchman Simon Gauzy, he secured not only a semifinalplats – he was also for a long-awaited trend reversal.
With the 4-1 victory in Budapest, 27-year-old arranged Sweden’s first world CHAMPIONSHIP medal in singles in 20 years.
” this is incredibly strong. Mattias Falck is strong mentally and I’m not really surprised that he is ahead in the semi-final, ” says Waldner, however, is not in place in Hungary.
In the first set turned Falck two submodes to victory with 11-8. He had also setboll in the other but lost and lost 11-13.
– After the second set I started to touch myself better, came right to the balls and managed to put pressure on him, he says to TT.
When the better movements were mixed, with tactical brilliance, he won two straight sets – 11-6, and 11-3 and quickly went up to 6-1 in the fifth.
that the match was over.
But the Gauzy began to take chances, got a few points and forced matchcoachen Jörgen Persson to act.
– Jorgen took time out in an important location and then ran it away, ” says Falck, who then won the set with 11-7.
Persson:
– Simon Gauzy had simply not with and the most important thing is that Mattias dare to hit through his shots.
played bronsmatcher in the world CUP, Mattias Falck to leave the tournament with the worst a bronze medal in the bag. If he is able to pack down any nobler rank, he needs to win the semi-final against An Jae-Hyun.
Sydkoreanen is ranked 157 in the world and beat out falck’s compatriot Truls Möregårdh in the second round.