lost to Jokic in the PK battle, and Gao Chengrui missed the top 16 of the men's singles of the 2025 Macau World Cup Table Tennis Tournament

Chinese Taipei teenager Gao Chengrui lost 1:3 to the world No. 14 Slovenian brother Jokic in the final match of the men's singles group stage of the 2025 Macau World Cup Table Tennis Tournament on the 16th, ranking second in the group and missing the round of 16.

Chinese Taipei teenager Gao Chengrui

World No. 27 Ko Seung-rui and Jokic both defeated New Zealand's Dilapana in straight games in their first group game, and this one also formed a PK match.

Gao and Jokic have no international record against each other, but the two faced each other in the German Bundesliga in February this year, when Gao Chengrui overcame a 2-0 deficit to win 3-2.

In the first game, Gao Chengrui fell behind 3:7 and chased it to 8:9 at the next time, but at the critical moment, he grabbed the net with his forehand and conceded it at 8:11; In the second game, Gao Chengrui played a wave of 4:1 counterattack after falling behind 6:8, and took the lead in getting the game point at 10:9, although the opponent was able to grab the backhand serve, resolve 1 game point, and finally pulled back a city with 13:11 after saving 1 game point.

In the key third game, Gao Chengrui was successfully challenged by Jokic at the beginning of the game because of the return angle of the serve and throw more than 30 degrees, and then lost 6 points in a row after 4 draws, and lost 1 game at 5:11.

In the 4th game, when Gao Chengrui fell behind 2:3, he was challenged by the opponent for the second time to serve and return successfully, and his morale was also hit, and he finally handed over the victory 8:11.

In women's singles, Chinese Taipei's Jian Tongjuan also lost to world No. 1 Chinese star Sun Yingsha 6:11, 3:11, 5:11, 11:7, and also only finished second in the group and failed to advance to the round of 16.