Overview

• Benedikt Duda advanced to the semifinals after sweeping world runner-up Hugo Calderano of Brazil 4:0.
• Dang Qiu was eliminated 0:4 by world No. 1 Lin Shidong one day after his 3:2 win over Dimitrij Ovtcharov.
• Malmö is hosting the Grand Smash’s first event ever staged in Europe.
• The Grand Smash format was introduced in 2021 as table tennis’s marquee series modeled on the four tennis Grand Slams.
• The remaining Grand Smash tournaments this year are set for Singapore, Las Vegas and Beijing.