Lost in the deciding game, Lin Yunru/Gao Chengrui failed to add another men's doubles championship to Chinese Taipei

Chinese Taipei's "martial arts master combination" Lin Yunru / Gao Chengrui lost 2 games in a row with a 2:1 lead in the men's doubles final of the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships in Doha on the evening of the 25th Beijing time, and was reversed by the Japanese combination Hayasuke Togami / Shinozuka Daiden 2:3, failing to add another World Championships men's doubles championship to Chinese Taipei after Zhuang Zhiyuan / Chen Jian'an in 2013, and passed by the Iran Cup.

Chinese Taipei's "martial arts master combination" Lin Yunru/Gao Chengrui

World No. 5 Hayasuke Togami/Daito Shinozuka defeated China's "Shuanglin Pair" Lin Shidong/Lin Gaoyuan in straight games in the quarterfinals of last year's WTT Fukuoka Year-end Tournament, and their strength should not be underestimated. However, at this year's WTT Singapore Grand Slam, the two groups met for the first time in the round of eight. At that time, Lin Gaopei won 3:1, and the momentum of the battle was slightly better.

In the first game, the Japanese combination started to fight as soon as they came up, but Lin Gaopei quickly stood firm, took advantage of the opponent's continuous offensive mistakes after falling behind 2:5, and played a wave of 9:1 strong attack, 11:6 to take the lead. In the second game, the Japanese combination insisted on fighting tactics, and scored 4 points in a row at the beginning, although Lin Gaopei once chased 2:5, but then lost 5 points in a row and conceded 5:11.

In the key third game, Lin Gaopei regained control of the rhythm, played a wave of 8:1 counterattack after falling behind 2:3, and took the lead in getting the game point at 10:4. But the Japanese combination did not give up, Togami won 3 points in a row with a forehand grab, and the Chinese Taipei team immediately called a timeout, and after returning to the game, Lin Yunru skillfully broke through the opponent's defense with his forehand in the ball battle between the two sides, won 11:7, and took the lead in the number of games again.

In the men's doubles final, Shinozuka Daito (left) and Hayasuke Togami faced off against Chinese Taipei

In the 4th game, Lin Gaopei fell behind 4:6, Gao Chengrui won the forehand attack, and Lin Yunru saved the opponent with a tennis ball to chase 6 draws, but then the Japanese combination scored 5 points in a row, and the game was equalized again at 6:11.

In the deciding game, the Chinese Taipei combination fell behind 1:3 at the beginning of the game under the strong attack of the opponent, although it once chased 5:6, but then Togami's backhand suddenly became powerful, continuously backpulled, received the serve and started the board directly, and the Japanese combination scored 4 points in a row to force out the end of the game 10:6.

The Chinese Taipei combination relied on Lin Yunru's forehand backhand to resolve 1 end point, and finally Lin Yunru hit the bounds with a forehand, Lin Gao hated 6:11, and both times the co-production ended as the runner-up.