The Lebrun brothers played the "Swedish killer", and the semifinals of the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships met Lin Yunru/Gao Chengrui

On the 23rd local time, the French "glasses brothers" A. Lebrun / F. Lebrun in the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships men's doubles quarterfinals, 3:1 defeated the 2021 World Championships champion combination of Sweden's Carlsen/Falke, and the top 4 will face Chinese Taipei's "martial arts master combination" Lin Yunru/Gao Chengrui.

France's Lebrun brothers defeated the Swedish pair to advance to the men's doubles semi-finals for the first time

The world No. 1 Lebrun brothers, who lost 2:3 to the Chinese pair Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin in the men's doubles round of 16 last time, made a comeback this year to play the role of "Swedish killer", they first defeated Moregardgaard/Carborg 3:1 in the round of 16, and then suppressed the tacit Carlsen/Falke 11:9, 11:7, 8:11, 11:5 in the round of 8, and broke into the top 4 for the first time.

Coincidentally, the master-apprentice combination of Gao Chengrui and Master Zhuang Zhiyuan was reversed by the Lebrun brothers 1:3 in the first round of the last World Championships, and Gao Chengrui has the opportunity to complete revenge with his own hands this year.

Chinese Taipei's "Martial Arts Master Combination" Lin Yunru/Gao Chengrui

In the other Men's Doubles quarter-finals, world No. 5 Japanese pair Hayasuke Togami/Daito Shinozuka beat Egypt's Albi Aili/Abdulaziz 12-10, 11-3, 11-5 to face world No. 4 French pair Brazzawilder.

The good news for Lin Yunru and Ko is that if they can beat the Lebrun brothers in the last four, whether they face France or Japan in the final, they will be defeated at this year's WTT Singapore Grand Slam.