Gao Chengrui reached the top 32 of the men's singles at the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships in Doha, and will face Sweden's "hexagonal warrior" in the next round

Chinese Taipei teenager Gao Chengrui, ranked 24th in the world, overcame 0:2 in the men's singles round of the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships in Doha on the evening of the 19th local time, and defeated the 45-year-old Greek chipping veteran Gionis with a 4:2 reversal, breaking into the top 32 for the first time, and the next round will face the Swedish "hexagonal warrior" Moregard, the silver medalist in men's singles at the Paris Olympics.

Gao Chengrui, ranked 24th in the world

Gionis, who is a dentist by profession, has only participated in WTT Grand Slams, Olympics and other major tournaments in recent years, and his world ranking has also slipped to 151, but he is still young. Facing Gionis, who was both offensive and defensive, Gao Chengrui was too impatient in the first two games with a lead of 8:6 and 10:8, and lost 2 games in a row 9:11 and 10:12.

After playing the second game, Gionis asked the referee to be injured, and the game was interrupted for about 10 minutes, and the situation also changed, Gao Chengrui launched a Jedi counterattack from the third game, and won three consecutive cities 11:7, 11:5, 11:7. In the crucial 6th game, Gao Chengrui fell behind 5:9, and saw that the battle line was about to be forced into a tiebreaker, but Gao Chengrui remained patient, continued to grab a forehand and won 6 points in a row, locking the victory 11:9. Gao Chengrui lost 0:4 to the French "glasses brother" F. Lebrun in the men's singles round in the last World Championships and stopped in the round of 64.

In Women's Doubles, world No.7 Chinese Taipei's Zheng Yijing/Lee Yu-jin also beat Moret (Switzerland)/Monfardini (Italy) 3-1 (11-7, 10-12, 11-5, 11-5) before facing Korea's Lee Eun-hye/Kim Na-young in the round of 16. Chinese Taipei's Huang Yihua/Tsai Yun En also beat France's Luz/Hachaert 3-1 (11-8, 11-7, 8-11, 11-4) to face Germany's Winter/Wan Yuan in the round of 16.