Double-killing the national table tennis combination, Lin Yunru/Gao Chengrui broke into the top 4 of men's doubles for the first time in the World Table Tennis Championships

Chinese Taipei combination Lin Yunru / Gao Chengrui on the 22nd local time in the 2025 Doha World Table Tennis Championships men's doubles quarterfinals, defeated the world's No. 7 Chinese "Shuanglin Combination" Lin Shidong / Lin Gaoyuan 3:1, the first time in the World Championships to break into the top 4, because the table tennis World Championships do not play bronze medal battles, so the Chinese Taipei combination has been determined to retain the bronze medal, and there is a chance to improve the medal quality.

Chinese Taipei's Lin Yunru/Ko Chengrui

Lin Yunru and Gao Chengrui have been working together since this year's WTT Singapore Grand Slam, currently ranked 11th in the world, and in the round of 16 of the World Championships, they defeated the Chinese pair Huang Youzheng/Liang Jingkun 3:2 after five games and successfully accepted the ticket to the top 8.

Lin Yunru / Gao Chengrui today faced the first three rounds of a game did not lose the Chinese "Shuanglin Combination", the opening momentum was good, pulled out a 7:1 offensive, and successfully took the next city 11:5, the two sides went back and forth in the second game, Lin Yunru / Gao Chengrui won 3 points in a row when the first three rounds were tied at 7:7, although the opponent resolved 2 game points, still won 11:9.

Lin Yunru/Gao Chengrui was led 4:3 in the third game by the "Shuanglin Combination" to score 7 points in a row, although the "Shuanglin Combination" was resolved 1 game point, but still conceded 5:11. Lin Yunru/Gao Chengrui regrouped in the 4th game, scored 3 points in a row to expand the lead when they were tied 3:3, and when they were chased to 6:5, the Chinese Taipei team shouted a timeout, and Lin Yunru/Gao Chengrui scored 2 points in a row after the pause, and then took a 10:7 advantage and successfully closed the door 11:8. Lin Yunru/Gao Chengrui will face the winner of France's top seeds the Lebrun brothers and Sweden's Falke/Carlsen in the last four.

With the exit of the "Shuanglin Combination", it means that the national table tennis has missed the men's doubles gold medal or even the medal at this World Table Tennis Championships, and has also missed all the hardware in a single session. The last time national table tennis lost the men's doubles gold medal at the World Table Tennis Championships was the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships in Houston.