4 national table tennis players took the lead in reaching the top 16 of singles at the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships, and Lin Gaoyuan, Qiu Dang and other names will be eliminated

On the 20th local time, China's 2 men's singles Wang Chuqin and Liang Jingkun and 2 women's singles Chen Xingtong and Shi Xunyao continued to defeat their opponents in the 3rd round of singles at the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships in Doha and took the lead in reaching the top 16, but China's No. 16 seed Lin Gaoyuan was pulled down by French veteran Simon Goetz and failed to advance.

China's No. 5 men's singles seed Liang Jingkun defeated Portugal's veteran Freitas 4-0 to advance to England's Jarvis in the round of 16

Men's Singles No.2 seed Wang Chuqin defeated Hong Kong's Wong Chun-ting 4-0 on Tuesday to advance to the round of 16 against Simon Goetz, while the French veteran defeated China's No.16 seed Lin Gaoyuan 4-2 to prevent China from securing a place in the last eight. Liang Jingkun defeated Portugal veteran Freitas 4-0 to face England's Jarvis in the round of 16.

In the men's singles round, China's world No. 1 Lin Shidong defeated Hong Kong's Lin Zhaoheng 4-0, Brazil's No. 3 seed Hugo defeated Tunisia's Isider 4-0, Japan's No. 4 seed Tomokazu Haramoto defeated India's Manaf 4-2, and France's No. 9 seed Alex. Lebrun withdrew.

Germany's No. 10 seed Qiu Dang recently unexpectedly lost 3-4 to England's Jarvis, ranked 139th in the world. France's No. 6 seed Felix. Lebrun, Sweden's Olympic silver medallist and No. 7 seed Moregaard, and Germany's No. 8 seed Francesca all advanced to the first round.

Chinese women's singles Shi Xunyao defeated North Korea's Park Joo-hyun 4-0 and occupied a place in the round of 16.

Chen Xingtong joined hands with Shi Xunyao to advance to the top 16 of women's singles. In the third round of the Women's Singles, China's No. 3 seed Chen Xingtong defeated Serbia's Rublescu 4-1 to advance to the round of 16 against Brazil's Bruna Takahashi. Another Chinese player, No.16 seed Shi Xunyao, defeated North Korea's Park Joo-hyun 4-0 to reach the round of 16.

China's former world champion and second seed Wang Manyu, defending champion and world number one sister Sun Yingsha, fourth seed Wang Yidi, and Japan's fourth seed Miwa Zhangmoto, sixth seed Hina Hayata, seventh seed Satsuki Oto, and eighth seed Misei Ito also advanced to the round of 32.

The rest, such as Chinese Taipei's No. 10 seed Zheng Yijing and South Korea's No. 9 seed Shin Yu-bin, have all successfully advanced. Yesterday's second round, Japan's former World Cup champion and No. 15 seed Miu Hirano suffered a shock 2-4 loss to Croatia's Rakovacz, who is ranked 134th in the world.

Wang Chuqin (left) suffered damage to his racket during the pre-match inspection of the mixed doubles second round, but the "Shatou Pair" still defeated the Brazilian pair 3-0 to advance

Wang Chuqin's racket was damaged before the mixed doubles match. Thanks to the withdrawal of Romania's Ionescu and Samara, China's defending champions and second seeds Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha made it to the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles. China's top seeds Lin Shidong and Kuo Man swept past Austria's Gados and Polkanova 3-0, Hong Kong's third seeds Wong Chun-ting and To Hoi Kim and South Korea's fourth seeds Lim Jong Tsung and Shin Yu Bin also qualified.

Wang Chuqin's racket was damaged during the pre-round inspection of the mixed doubles second round on Monday, but the "Shatou Pair" still defeated Brazil's Hugo and Takahashi 3-0. Bruna. The ITTF and the Chinese Table Tennis Association held a special meeting after the competition and reached an agreement on the above incident. The ITTF will confirm with the venue whether there is monitoring and provide timely feedback, and will investigate the cause of the damage to the racket.

China's top seeds Lin Shidong (right) and Kuo Man defeated Austria's Gados and Polkanova 3-0 to advance to the quarterfinals.

France's top seeds in Men's Doubles Felix and Alex Brown. The Lebrun brothers, Japan's No. 1 seeds Daito Shinozuka and Hayasuke Togami, No. 3 seeds Hayashi Shidong and Hayashi Takato, and No. 4 seeds Tomokazu Haramoto and Teruko Matsushima all reached the round of 16.

Wang Manyu and Kuo Man eliminated North Korea's Hangzhou Asian Games runners-up Cha so-young and Park so-kyung 3-0 in the second round of women's doubles and reached the round of 16 alone. China's No.3 seeds Qian Tianyi and Chen Xingtong were eliminated 2-3 by Germany's Winter and Wan Yuan, while Japan's top seeds Satsuki Oto and Laughing Yokoi and No.4 seeds Miwa Zhang and Miyu Kihara all advanced.