Lim Jonghoon and Oh Junsung defend Skopje men’s doubles title

Lim Jonghoon and Oh Junsung turned Skopje into their personal doubles stronghold again, defending their men’s title with a win over qualifiers Darko Jorgic and Deni Kozul in the WTT Contender Skopje 2026 final on June 7. Back-to-back titles at the same venue is the kind of result that changes how a draw looks before it even starts: Lim and Oh are no longer just a dangerous pairing, they are the standard everyone else has to solve.

The final capped a week at Sports Center Jane Sandanski in Skopje, North Macedonia, where WTT Contender Skopje 2026 ran from June 1 through June 7 with USD 100,000 in prize money. World Table Tennis listed Oh Junsung, ranked No. 27 in the field, and Lim Jonghoon, ranked No. 40 in the doubles and mixed-doubles context, among the players in the event, and they delivered like a pair with more than enough pedigree for the stage. They had already won Skopje once before in 2025, when they beat India’s Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah in the men’s doubles final.

That history mattered. A one-off run can happen in table tennis, especially in doubles where timing and momentum can carry a pair deep into a draw. Repeating at the same tournament is different. Lim and Oh did it again in 2026, and that makes the rest of the men’s doubles field in Skopje look like chasers, not peers.

Jorgic and Kozul deserve credit for the route they took to the final. As qualifiers, they had already outplayed the bracket’s expectations just to reach the championship match, and Jorgic’s week was bigger than doubles alone. He also reached the men’s singles semifinals at the same event, a reminder that his level in Skopje was no accident. But the final still separated a hot week from an established standard, and Lim and Oh controlled that line. The result was not just another title. It was a declaration that Skopje still belongs to the Koreans until someone proves otherwise.