On the 3rd local time, the Chinese Taipei pair Lin Yunru/Gao Chengrui, who were combined for the first time, easily defeated the multinational pair of Li Yuanzhang (Canada) / Gao Meiz (Chile) in three straight games in the first round of the men's doubles at the 2025 WTT Singapore Grand Slam and advanced to the round of 16.

Lin Yunru/Gao Chengrui won the first time they combined

In this Singapore Grand Slam, Lin Yunru originally planned to form a transnational (regional) connection with Sweden's Moregard, who won the men's singles silver medal at the Paris Olympics last year, but in order to prepare for next year's Nagoya Asian Games in advance, the Chinese Taipei Sports Agency hoped that Lin Yunru could partner with players on the island, and finally chose Gao Chengrui, who is ranked 24th in the world.

Although Lin Yunru and Gao Chengrui had only practiced together on the island once before their departure, they made their debut in the international competition yesterday and performed amazingly, facing the multinational combination of Li Yuanzhang/Gao Meizi, they scored 5 points in a row in the first game to open the gap at 3 draws, and took the lead at 11:5.

Lin Yunru/Gao Chengrui won the first time they combined

In the second game, Lin Gaopei led 6:2 at the beginning, although he was chased to 8:7 for a time, but the two immediately stabilized, relying on excellent first three board skills to score 3 points in a row, and 11:7 to the next city. Lin Gaopei, who was getting more and more stable, played a wave of 7:1 onslaught in the 3rd game at 2 draws, and finally won 11:6.

Lin Yunru/Gao Chengrui will face the world No. 7 host pair Guo Yong/Feng Yaoen in the round of 16, Guo Fengpei defeated Japan's "prodigy" Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Matsushima Teruma 3:2 at the Asian Championships last year and won the runner-up; He also defeated the Chinese pair Yuan Licen/Xiang Peng in three straight games in the WTT year-end tournament and broke into the top 4, and his strength should not be underestimated.