LIM Jonghoon and OH Junsung booked their place from Men’s Doubles – Semifinal – Match 2 with a 3-2 win over WEN Ruibo and YUAN Licen, sealing the contest 11-9 in the deciding fifth game. The official match-center confirmation recorded the result at 11-9 in Game 5, completing a back-and-forth semifinal that swung repeatedly across five games.
The match mattered because it was a semifinal decided at the tightest margins, with the final game featuring multiple match points and timeouts from both pairs as the scoreline tightened late.
Game-by-game: swings, responses, and a forced decider
The opening game set the tone for a close contest, with WEN/YUAN taking Game 1 by the narrowest of margins, 12-10. LIM/OH responded immediately in Game 2, levelling the match with an emphatic 11-4 to make it 1-1 overall.
Momentum shifted again in Game 3 as WEN/YUAN regained the lead, winning 11-5 for a 2-1 advantage in games. Facing elimination, LIM/OH produced their second strong response of the match in Game 4, taking it 11-5 to force a deciding fifth game at 2-2.
The official commentary also logged a high volume of service changes across the match (46 recorded), underlining how frequently possession rotated and how often points were contested in short bursts typical of doubles exchanges.
Deciding Game 5: timeouts, service turns, and three match points
Game 5 opened with WEN/YUAN moving in front early, with the commentary showing them winning points to lead 2-0. LIM/OH then worked back into the decider, drawing level at 2-2 and then 3-3 as the score stayed tight through the early stages.
With the game still in the balance, the match-center feed recorded a timeout requested by WEN Ruibo/YUAN Licen (started and ended), followed later by a timeout requested by LIM Jonghoon/OH Junsung (started and ended). Those stoppages came amid a sequence where the lead changed hands and the scoreline crept upward point by point.
From 3-3, LIM/OH pushed ahead, and the official progression shows them building to 7-4 and then 8-4. WEN/YUAN answered to close the gap, with points recorded at 8-5 and then later 9-6 and 9-7 as they kept pressure on in the closing stretch.
The decisive moment arrived when LIM/OH reached match point territory. The official match-center commentary listed three match points for LIM/OH in Game 5: at 10-7, 10-8, and 10-9, all with the match score level at 2-2. WEN/YUAN saved two of them, winning points at 10-8 and 10-9 to extend the game and keep the semifinal alive.
But after the second save, LIM/OH converted on the next point to close the match. The official confirmation recorded: “Men’s Doubles – Semifinal – Match 2 won by LIM Jonghoon/OH Junsung, Game 5, Game Score 11-9, Match Score 3-2,” with the final point logged as won by LIM/OH at 11-9.
Result summary
Men’s Doubles – Semifinal – Match 2: LIM Jonghoon/OH Junsung def. WEN Ruibo/YUAN Licen 3-2 (10-12, 11-4, 5-11, 11-5, 11-9).
In a semifinal defined by alternating surges, LIM/OH’s ability to answer after falling behind twice—and then navigate three match points in the decider—proved decisive in the official record.