The Chinese men's doubles has achieved the worst result in the World Table Tennis Championships in the past 50 years, and the media praises Lin Yunru/Gao Chengrui not to be underestimated

In the men's doubles quarterfinals of the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships in Doha, the world's No. 7 Chinese "Shuanglin Pair" Lin Shidong/Lin Gaoyuan lost 1-3 to the Chinese Taipei pair Lin Yunru/Gao Chengrui and missed the top 4. According to the domestic media "Wen Wei Po", this is the second time that the Chinese men's doubles has missed the podium since the 1975 World Table Tennis Championships.

Chinese Taipei's Lin Yunru/Ko Chengrui

Lin Yunru and Ko Chengrui teamed up for the first time at the WTT Singapore Grand Slam earlier this year, finishing runners-up and currently ranked 11th in the world men's doubles rankings. Lin Yunru/Gao Chengrui defeated Chinese men's doubles Huang Youzheng/Liang Jingkun in the men's doubles round of 16 at this World Championships, and faced the Chinese "Shuanglin Combination" who did not lose a game in the first three rounds in the quarterfinals, Lin Yunru/Gao Chengrui finally won 11-5, 11-9, 5-11, 11-8, which is the third group of Chinese Taipei to win a medal in the men's doubles at the World Championships since Jiang Penglong/Zhang Yanshu and Zhuang Zhiyuan/Chen Jian'an.

"Wen Wei Po" mentioned that Lin Shidong/Lin Gaoyuan missed the top 4 stage of the World Championships, which is the second time that no Chinese men's doubles has squeezed into the top 4 stage since the World Championships held in Kolkata, India in 1975, and it also represents that the Chinese men's doubles has missed the men's doubles medal again after nearly 50 years.

"Wen Wei Po" believes that in the face of the combination of Lin Yunru and Gao Chengrui, Chinese men's doubles Huang Youzheng/Liang Jingkun and Lin Shidong/Lin Gaoyuan are obviously at a disadvantage, and cannot find a good solution to the problem, believing that Lin Yunru/Gao Chengrui has become a force to be reckoned with in the men's doubles arena.