Gao Seungrui lost to South Korea's first brother Jang Woo-jin in 5 games and missed the round of 16 of the 2025 WTT Incheon Championship

World No. 25 Chinese Taipei teenager Gao Chengrui lost 2:3 to the world's No. 12 South Korean brother Zhang Yuzhen in the first round of the men's singles at the 2025 WTT Incheon Championships on the evening of the 1st, and missed the round of 16.

Chinese Taipei's Gao Chengrui, ranked 25th in the world

Gao Chengrui defeated Zhang Yuzhen 3:2 at the Asian Championships at the end of last year, and Zhang Yuzhen completed sweet revenge 3:1 in this year's Singapore Grand Slam. The two sides met for the third time that day, and in the first game, Gao Chengrui was continuously attacked by the opponent's strong forehand serve when he fell behind 3:4, lost 5 points in a row, and conceded 6:11.

In the second game, Gao Chengrui took the initiative to get started, and although he was once tied under the 9:7 lead, at the decisive moment, Gao Chengrui won the forehand serve and attacked, and the opponent made a mistake in receiving the serve, and pulled back a city at 11:9.

In the key third game, Gao Chengrui first chased 7:9 after falling behind 3:9, and then saved two game points in a row in a desperate situation of 7:10, but unfortunately the last serve was hung on the net, and 9:11 fell short.

Gao Chengrui, who fought against the water, launched a counterattack in the 4th game, played a wave of 8:1 onslaught in 3 draws, and equalized the game again at 11:4. In the deciding game, Gao Chengrui once took a 6:4 lead, but then Zhang Yuzhen was successively attacked sideways forehand, plus a service error, and lost 4 points in a row to be overtaken. Gao Chengrui fell behind 7:10, although he struggled to resolve the two end points of the game, and finally returned the ball with a backhand out of bounds, 9:11, and swallowed two consecutive defeats in the game.

In women's singles, Zheng Yijing, the first sister of Chinese Taipei, who had just finished playing the Chennai Star Challenge, was in poor physical condition and finally lost to the world's No. 3 Chinese star Wang Yidi 7:11, 2:11, 5:11, and suffered seven consecutive defeats and stopped in the round of 32.