The world's No. 12 "Silent Assassin", Chinese Taipei's first brother Lin Yunru, in the early morning of the 23rd Beijing time in the 2025 Doha World Table Tennis Championships men's singles round of 16, after a thrilling 7-game battle, defeated the world No. 14 German star 4:3Francesca, wrote 9 consecutive victories against each other, and also advanced to the top 8 for the first time, creating his best record in the men's singles at the World Championships, and will face the world's No. 2 Chinese star Wang Chuqin tonight.
Lin Yunru defeated German star Francesca and broke into the top 8 of men's singles
Faced with the last 8 meetings have never lostFrancescaLin Yunru in the third game of the single day was slightly tired, conceded 8:11 in the first game, and fell behind 3:9 in the second game, but he cheered up and resolved 4 game points in a desperate situation at 6:10, and pulled back a city at 12:10.
In the 3rd game, Lin Yunru fell behind 9:10 again, and came back after scoring 3 points, and also took a 7:1 lead at the beginning of the 4th game, but thenFrancescaAfter chasing hard all the way, coupled with Lin Yunru's knee discomfort and requesting a medical suspension, the battle situation also changed.Francescaplayed a wave of 10:0 counterattack and tied the game 11:7.
In the key 5th game, Lin Yunru once again showed his ability to chase points, chasing 4 points in a row under the disadvantage of 7:9, and once again overtaking the number of games at 11:9.Francescarelied on the serve to effectively suppress Lin Yunru's backhand twist, and recovered 1 game with 11:7, forcing Lin Yunru into a tiebreaker.
Lin Yunru asked for a medical timeout during the game
In the decisive game, Lin Yunru fought with all his might, scored 9 points in a row after falling behind 1:2, severely demoralized the opponent, and finally won this epic 7-game battle with 11:4 after 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Coach Wang Yize said that Lin Yunru's knee was fine, just a small bruise, which would not affect the next event. Lin Yunru will face the second seed Wang Chuqin at 10:10 tonight, the two sides have met 11 times in the past, Lin Yunru has the upper hand with 3 wins and 8 losses, including the most recent one in the semifinals of this year's Asian Cup, Lin Yunru also lost 2:4.