WTT Grand Slam" Lin Yunru/Zheng Yijing defeated the Asian Games bronze medal and reached the Grand Slam final again after 4 years.

Lin Yunru/Zheng Yijing defeated the Indian combination and entered the Grand Slam mixed doubles final for the second time. (Taken from WTT official website)

[Reporter Xu Mingli/Comprehensive Report] The Tokyo Olympic bronze medal combination Lin Yunru/Zheng Yijing defeated the Indian combination Shah/Zita who just won the Nagoya Asian Games bronze medal 3:1 in the 2026 WTT China Grand Slam mixed doubles semi-finals today. Li, the two of them will join hands to reach the Grand Slam final for the first time in four years after the 2022 Singapore Station. The championship match will encounter the winner of the world's number one South Korean combination Lim Jong-hoon/Shin Yu-bin and the Japanese combination Matsushima Terukong/Harimoto Miwa.

Shah/Zitali, ranked 7th in the world, has won two challenge championships in Muscat and Lagos this year. In the just-concluded Asian Games, they also defeated Hong Kong combination Huang Zhenting/To Kaiqin, ranked 2nd in the world, in the quarterfinals. They did not lose to China's Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha until the quarterfinals.

Lin Yunru/Zheng Yijing defeated Shah/Zitali 3:1 in the semi-finals of the Muscat Challenge last year. They met again today, and the battle was still stalemate. In the first game, the Taiwanese team quickly got into the situation, and after a 7:1 start, they quickly drew 10:4. Although the Indian team resolved 3 game points in a row, Lin Yunru finally succeeded with a backhand attack and won the first point at 11:7. In the second game, Lin Zhengpei overcame a 1:4 deficit at the beginning and scored 4 consecutive points to lead the score. However, when leading at 9:8, Shah's continuous forehand attack succeeded. He lost 3 points and gave up at 9:11.

The third game was the watershed for the whole game. The Taiwanese team chased 4 points in a row from a 1:6 disadvantage at the beginning, forcing the opponent to time out. After returning to the game, they overtook 9:8 and took the lead at 10:9. Although the Indian team relied on Chitali's magical ball blocking to resolve a game point. At the critical moment, Kobayashi succeeded with a backhand and a slash, and Shah's forehand went out of bounds. Lam once again took the lead at 12:10. In the fourth game, the Taiwanese team fell behind 1:2. Lin Yunru's signature backhand twist started the offensive mode, scoring 4 points in a row to open up the score, and finally won the game 2 consecutive victories at 11:4.