knocked down the world's No. 1 Lebrun brothers, Lin Yunru/Gao Chengrui advanced to the men's doubles final of the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships

On the 24th local time, Chinese Taipei pair Lin Yunru/Gao Chengrui defeated the world's No. 1 French Lebrun brothers 3-1 in the men's doubles semifinals of the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships in Doha and advanced to the final.

Lin Yunru and Gao Chengrui knocked down the world No. 1 and is expected to fight for the gold medal in the World Table Tennis Championships

At the World Table Tennis Championships held in Doha, the capital of Qatar, Chinese Taipei's men's doubles pair Lin Yunru/Gao Chengrui broke through two Chinese pairs Liang Jingkun/Huang Youzheng and Lin Shidong/Lin Gaoyuan in succession, and entered the top 4, and at the same time confirmed the guaranteed bronze medal.

In the first game, Lin Yunru/Gao Chengrui played a 3-0 offensive at the beginning of the game, and almost maintained the lead all the way, even if it was chased into an 8-8 draw, Lin Yunru/Gao Chengrui stabilized his position in time and scored 3 points in a row, winning the first game 11-8, plus Lin Yunru/Gao Chengrui won the second game 11-7 when he won three cities at 5-5 in the second game.

In the 3rd game, Lin Yunru/Gao Chengrui fell into turbulence and fell behind by a large margin at the beginning, but Lin Yunru/Gao Chengrui did not give up lightly, and even once overcame the disadvantage of 5 points and drew 9-9, but unfortunately still conceded 9-11 in the end, and missed the opportunity to end the game with a sweep in advance.

In the key 4th game, the two groups of people and horses led each other, but Lin Yunru / Gao Chengrui once again showed a strong heart, scored 4 points in a row when they were 6-9 behind, and took the lead in forcing out the end of the game, even if they were resolved by the opponent, Lin Yunru / Gao Chengrui did not mess up the rhythm, and finally relied on Lin Yunru's beautiful reverse pull to grab the gold medal ticket 12-10, and will play against the "Japanese pair" Shinozuka Daito/Hayasuke Togami.

Gao Chengrui said in an interview after the game that he was very happy to win this game and "will go all out to prepare for the final tomorrow." Lin Yunru also mentioned that the gold medal will go all out, "hoping to win the gold medal". Chinese Taipei's best men's doubles result in the past at the World Table Tennis Championships was the 2013 World Table Tennis Championships, where the "Godfather of Table Tennis" Zhuang Zhiyuan and Chen Jian'an won the gold medal.