Adam Heinonen won in Trollbäcken the previous week; this week he got through to the third round in Kungens Kanna after great victory against the seeded Estonian Alexander Georg Manama.
Unfortunately the rest of the Swedes in the single draws, Emma Shasteen and Ross Weibull, lost their matches.
– I played very well today. My form is on top, says Adam Heinonen after the win against Alexander Georg Manama.
Heinonen is an aggressive player, with a one handed backhand as one of his main strengths.
-My backhand worked great today, as did the rest of my strokes.
How is it to play against a foreign player?
-it is difficult. You have not met them before. The only information i had about my opponent before the match today was that he had a good one handed backhand.
The other Swedish hopes, Ross Weibull and Emma Shasteen both lost in the second round. Weibull didn’t have a chance in the first set against the fourth seeded Russian, Artjom Matus. But in the second set the Swede began to play much better.
-I didn’t win the important points at first. In the second set i played more varied, which meant that i could take the match into a deciding set.
But in the third and final set, the Russian proved to be the stronger player and won with 6-4.
Emma Shasteen was the only Swede in the second round of Drottningens Pris. She went against Denmark’s number one, Clara Tauson. The Danish dominated the first set and managed to win comfortably with 6-1. But in the second, KLTK’s Shasteen fought back. In the end, Tauson had the best nerves and won the Scandinavian derby with 6-1, 7-5.
