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Women’s table tennis star Shin Yu-bin advances to the singles quarterfinals of the WTT Doha Tournament Women’s table tennis star Shin Yu-bin advances to the singles quarterfinals of the WTT Doha Tournament
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Dong-chil = Korean women’s table tennis ace Shin Yu-bin (Korean Air) reached the singles quarterfinals in the World Table Tennis (WTT) series, where she participated for the first time this year.
Shin Yu-bin defeated Brit Erland of the Netherlands 3-0 (11-6 11-5 11-7) in the round of 16 of the 2025 WTT Star Contender Doha Women’s Singles held at Lusail Sports Arena in Doha, Qatar on the 10th (Korean time). . Shin Yu-bin competed in the women’s singles at the WTT Doha Tournament. 2025.1.10 [WTT 홈피 캡처. 재판매 및 DB 금지]
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Shin Yu-bin (Korean Air), who received a disappointing report card at the World Table Tennis (WTT) ‘2025 Star Contender Doha’ held in Doha, Qatar from the 6th to the 11th, is trying to restore her honor.
According to the schedule released by the WTT Secretariat on the 14th, Shin Yu-bin was named in the women’s singles, doubles, and mixed doubles competition at the ‘Singapore Smash’ tournament to be held in Singapore from the 30th to the 9th of next month.
In addition to Shin Yu-bin, in the women’s singles, Lee Eun-hye (Korean Air), Seo Hyo-won (Korea Racing Association), Joo Cheon-hee (Samsung Life Insurance), and Kim Na-young (POSCO International) were also listed as participants. In addition, Jeon Ji-hee, who teamed up with Shin Yu-bin to win a bronze medal in women’s doubles at the 2024 Paris Olympics, was also listed on the singles list. Jeon Ji-hee ended her playing career in Korea after the Paris Olympics and returned to the national team.
Shin Yu-bin was eliminated by Japan’s Miyu Kihara 0-3 in the quarterfinals of the first WTT series Star Contender Doha singles held in Doha.
In particular, in the case of this year’s Singapore Smash, the competition is fiercer than the Doha tournament because world rankings 1st to 3rd ranked Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, and Wang Yidi (hereinafter referred to as China), who did not participate in the Doha tournament, are in full attendance.
Shin Yu-bin will also try again in doubles and mixed doubles, where each country can participate in only one group. In doubles, she paired up with Lee Eun-hye from the same team, and in mixed doubles, she paired up with Cho Dae-seong (Samsung Life Insurance), who formed a duo at this year’s Doha tournament.
Meanwhile, in the men’s doubles, Korea Exchange duo Lim Jong-hoon and Ahn Jae-hyun are joining forces, and in the singles, in addition to Lim Jong-hoon and Ahn Jae-hyun, Cho Dae-sung, Jang Woo-jin (SeAH), Lee Sang-soo (Samsung Life Insurance), and Oh Jun-seong (Mirae Asset Securities) will participate.
Reporter Lee Je-hoon
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2025-01-14 05:42:00