Truls Möregårdh Returns Lim Jonghoon's Cross-Court Shots
Stellan Bengtsson's (Möregardh''s coach at the 2021 World Championships) commentary:
"So in that match, it is a mixture of psychology, strategy, and also being really positive the whole time, because I felt there was something in it. I mean he lost the first game 11-9, having 9-all. He had two game points in the second game. And he comes to me and says, “I’m not so good against lefties.” And I say, “you play very well against left-handed players, because you had two set points. You don’t have to change anything. You just have to be aware of what he’s doing.” And for me, I was very aware that Lim played a lot of balls cross-court. I told him, “you may need react a little bit more on the cross-court. Even if the ball is hard, if you wait a little bit for it, you can probably get some balls back.”
And then of course, when the match started to reverse, that was when he started to serve with the backhand serve from the forehand corner, and the first one there, Lim just popped it straight up, and suddenly the momentum of the game changed [unfortunately, this point does not appear to be on Youtube].
And Truls had one good thing that I really liked. Before that matches, he warms up 45 minutes to one hour on the table, and he has maybe 30-40 minutes gymnastics-style warm-ups here and there. Meanwhile, Lim had a very very long training. He played a long time before, and then he had multi-ball training for about 30 minutes. So I told Truls, “as the match gets longer and longer, you’re going to get fresher and fresher, and he’s going to get tired.” And that was what actually what happened as well. Mentally tired and physically tired."
Read the full interview with Stellan here: https://edgesandnets.com/2022/01/27/i...