Lin Yunru withdrew from Croatian star Pucar and entered the top 32 of the men's singles at the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships in Doha

On the evening of the 20th, Beijing time, Chinese Taipei's first brother, "Silent Assassin" Lin Yunru in the men's singles round of the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships in Doha, after a fierce battle of nearly 1 hour, defeated the world's No. 36 Croatian star Pucar 4:2, wrote 5 consecutive victories, advanced to the top 32 for 3 consecutive times, and will meet Austria's Habesson in the next round.

Lin Yunru retreated from Croatian star Pucar and broke into the top 32 of men's singles

Lin Yunru has not lost to Pucar in the past four times, including the Tokyo 2021 Olympics and the 2023 WTT Almaty Challenger in straight sets. But it wasn't easy at all to make another move that day. In the first game, Lin Yunru chased 9 draws after falling behind 6:9, and then relied on his signature serve to save 1 game point when the opponent was leading at 9:10, and came back from 12:10. In the second game, Pucar changed his serving strategy, using a reverse side spin serve to induce Lin Yunru to twist and pull, and then waited for an opportunity to grab a forehand, winning many times in a row, and pulled back a city at 11:5.

In the key third game, Lin Yunru boldly switched to a long-ball raid when he fell behind 3:6, disrupting the opponent's rhythm, and although he missed 2 game points with a 10:9 lead, he finally won 13:11. In the 4th game, when Lin Yunru was chased to 8:7 with a 7:4 lead, he decisively called a timeout, and after resuming the game, he scored 3 points in a row, and then went to the next city at 11:7. But Pucar didn't give up, and started a crazy fight in the fifth game, and after starting 5:2, he recovered 1 game with 11:6.

Lin Yunru did not panic, and in the 6th game, when he was leading 5:4, he was favored by the god of luck, and a side-grabbing ball and forehand serve were successful, and he scored 2 points in a row to pull the score away, and finally maintained an undefeated record of 11:7.

The 16-year-old Chinese Taipei teenager Guo Guanhong lost 0:4 (3:11, 8:11, 6:11, 6:11) to the world No. 30 Japanese star Hayasuke Togami in the single round, and stopped in the round of 64 for the first time in the World Championships.

In women's singles, Zheng Yijing, the first sister of Chinese Taipei, ranked 11th in the world, faced the Indian female player Zitali, ranked 88th in the world, in the second round, and won easily 4:1 (11:3, 11:7, 11:6, 6:11, 11:5), and the round of 32 will face the Canadian female player Zhang Mo, ranked 49th in the world.

Chinese Taipei's Huang Yuqiao, ranked 185th in the world, faced Singapore's first sister Zeng Jian, ranked 71st in the world, in the second round, led 3:1 in the number of games, and led 10:8 in the 6th game, missed 4 final points in a row, and finally reversed 3:4 (11:9, 8:11, 11:4, 11:5, 5:11, 13:15, 3:11) and passed by the top 32 tickets.