2025 World Table Tennis Championships in Doha: Lin Yunru has reached the top 32 of men's singles for 3 consecutive years, and the top 8 of mixed doubles for 4 years

On the 20th local time, Chinese Taipei's first brother, "Silent Assassin" Lin Yunru fought on two fronts at the 2025 Doha World Table Tennis Championships, first teamed up with Zheng Yijing in the morning to defeat the new generation of South Korean pair Wu Huicheng/Kim Naying 3:1, and entered the top 8 of mixed doubles, and then withdrew from Croatian star Pucar 4:2 in the afternoon, and entered the top 32 of men's singles for 3 consecutive times.

Lin Yunru (left) and Zheng Yijing teamed up to defeat the Korean pair and advance to the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles at the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships

Mixed doubles reached the top 8 after 4 years. Lin Yunru/Zheng Yijing, who won the mixed doubles bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics, faced Wu Huicheng/Jin Naying, whose average age was less than 19 years old, and easily won the first two games 11:4 and 11:7, but the opponent then launched a counterattack, first pulled back a city with 11:6, and in the fourth game, he resolved 2 consecutive end points to chase 10:9, at the critical moment, Lin Zhengpei showed resilience and won 11:9 thrillingly, which is also the second time that Lin Zhengpei has entered the top 8 after 2021.

Lam will face another South Korean pair, world No. 2 Lim Jong Hoon/Shin Yu Bin, in the last eight of the last two Olympic mixed doubles bronze medalists. It is worth mentioning that the combination of Lin Yunru and Chen Siyu defeated Lin Shenpei in straight sets in the final of the 2023 WTT Tunisia Challenger.

Men's singles and women's singles reached the top 32. Lin Yunru, ranked 12th in the world, has not lost in the past four encounters with Pucar, but on the 20th, he encountered stubborn resistance from his opponent and fought hard for nearly 1 hour before passing, Lin Yunru's top 32 was originally expected to meet German star Ocharov, but he retired due to an intervertebral disc injury, and the Austrian player Habesson, who is ranked 113 in the world, advanced all the way to the top 32.

In women's singles, Zheng Yijing also defeated India's Zitali 4:1, and will meet Canada's Zhang Mo in the round of 32. Another Chinese Taipei female player, Huang Yuqiao, led 3:1 in the number of games, missed 4 final points in the 6th game, and was finally reversed by Singapore's famous Zeng Jian 3:4 and passed by the top 32 tickets.