Yokohama Championship: Moregaard swept Aruna 3-0, Swedish two-digit stars advance to the men s singles quarterfinals

On August 7, the first day of the 2025 WTT Yokohama Championship ushered in a strong dialogue, with Nigerian player Aruna facing Swedish player Moregaard's men's singles 1/16 final. Moregaard performed well, defeating Aruna 3-0 and advanced to the men's singles quarterfinals.

The lone hero Aruna is a player with good strength. He has won many high-level players and has entered the top ten in the world. Moregard is stronger and won the men's singles runner-up in the World Table Tennis Championships and the men's singles silver medal in the Olympics. Aruna and Moregaard had fought before. For example, in the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships, Aruna lost to Moregaard and stopped in the quarterfinals. In the latest men's singles world rankings, Moregaard ranks 7th, while Aruna only ranked 21st.

The two had played twice in WTT events before, and both Moregaard won.

In the first game, Aruna got off to the game quickly and got a 4:0 start. Moregaard quickly adapted and scored 3 points in a row to narrow the score difference. Aruna scored straight and the score came to 5:3. Moregaard scored another 3 points in a row and overtook the score. Both of them performed well in their forehands. Aruna scored a goal and the score became 6. Moregaard scored 4 points in a row to get innings. Moregaard chased for 3 points in a row. Moregaard did not call a timeout. Moregaard scored a short forehand and won the first game 11:9. In the second game, Aruna scored the first point. Moregaard scored a snatch. Moregaard scored consecutively. Aruna was anxious and served off the net. Such low-level mistakes should not be made. Moregaard scored 5 points in a row to overtake the score. Aruna scored 2 points in a row to narrow the gap. Moregaard played a balloon and took an 8:5 lead. After Aruna chased for 2 points, the extension was issued. Aruna made more mistakes. Moregaard won another game 11:9. Moregaard played very skillfully and had many changes, which was better than Aruna.

In the third game, Moregaard quickly took a 4:1 lead. Aruna quickly called for a pause. In the game again, Moregaard scored another 2 points in a row, expanding his advantage. Aruna scored with a straight forehand and a wide angle. Moregaard scored 3 points in a row and continued to expand his advantage. Aruna is hard to recover. Moregaard won the game 11:4.

In the end, Moregaard swept Aruna 3-0 and successfully advanced to the men's singles quarterfinals. Judging from the entire game, Moregaard's strength is stronger than Aruna. Especially in terms of focusing on details and key points, Moregaard is far stronger than Aruna.

Two players in Sweden participated in the men's singles competition of the WTT Yokohama Championship. In addition to Moregaard's 3-0 sweep of Aruna, Anton Karlberg narrowly defeated the national table tennis player Xue Fei 3-2. Both Swedish Gemini have advanced to the men's singles quarterfinals.