""The Great Wall with a fighting spirit peep" Shin Yu-bin, "Tokyo Kim" defeated Chen Meng 0-4...the first 銅 challenge in 20 years
Aug 02, 2024
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Shin Yu-bin lost 0-4 to Chen Meng (world No. 4) in the semifinals of the women's table tennis singles at the Paris Olympics held at Arena 6 in South Paris, France, at 5 p.m. on the 2nd (Korea time).
Shin Yu-bin faced Chen Meng once and had one loss. In March, Singapore's smash quarterfinals were defeated 1-4 (2-11, 11-9, 4-11, 8-11, 9-11). However, the Olympic stage, where the strong are nervous, is different. Shin Yu-bin, who regained her first Olympic medal in 12 years in mixed doubles and advanced to the semifinals in women's singles for the first time in 20 years, faced Chen Meng in the Tokyo Olympics with strong fighting spirit.
Chen Meng scored two points in the first game, but Shin Yu-bin's short serve worked and followed the luck of the net. 3-3. 4-4, continued the tight flow. The score widened to 5-9, but he didn't give up and caught up. Chasing to 7-9. But Chen Meng did not easily fall for it. Took the first game at 11-7.
Shin Yoo-bin, who reorganized the two-game battle line, gained momentum with three consecutive points. Chen Meng's receiving was shaken by a powerful backhand attack. took a 4-1 lead. "Shin Yubin, fighting!" A roar rang out. However, after that, Chen Meng's counterattack was hot. 5-5, he made a tie and constantly drove Shin Yu-bin from side to side. It was pushed to 5-9. Shin Yu-bin won the ensuing rally fight, but lost two games 6-11.
Chen Meng, who finished the search game and gained momentum, took a 5-0 lead. With a 2-9 deficit, Shin Yu-bin did not give up. Chasing to 7-10, he showed his grit.To break the flow, the Chinese bench Marine coach requested a timeout. After the timeout, Chen Meng grabbed a game point and finished 7-11.
In the fourth game, Shin Yu-bin threatened Chen Meng with an aggressive offensive. He got Chen Meng's spinning ball, hit a clever course, and balanced 5-5, 6-6 with consecutive points. But the defending champs were strong. They lost four games 7-11.
The wall of the Great Wall was still high. Now, Shin Yu-bin is trying to win the bronze medal for the first time in 20 years. There are only two Korean women's singles medalists 'Grand Slam Legends'Hyun Jung-hwa (Barcelona Dong, 1992), 'World Class Shaving God'Kim Kyung-ah (Athenes Dong, 2004). Shin Yoo-bin, who has written the history of going to the semifinals for the first time in 20 years, will challenge for the third singles medalist. She will also challenge Korea's first multi-medal medal in women's table tennis. Shin Yu-bin won the mixed doubles bronze medal with Lim Jong-hoon (Korea Exchange) on the 30th, bringing his first medal in 12 years to Korean table tennis. If he wins a bronze medal in singles, he will be the third multi-medal and the first in women's table tennis after Yoo Nam-kyu (director of the Korea Exchange, singles gold-double bronze) of the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and Kim Taek-soo (director of Mirae Asset) of the singles and doubles bronze in 1992.
Shin Yu-bin will play the bronze medal match at 8:30 p.m. on the 3rd against the loser of the semifinal between Sun Yingxia (China) and Hina Hayata (Japan). As the world's No. 1 Sun Ying-sha's iron wall is solid, if there is no unexpected change 'Japan's top ranker' Hayata is likely to be the opponent for the bronze medal match. Hayata's record is four losses and five losses including the Japanese professional league. All-time records are at an absolute disadvantage, but sports are at a high ebb. Considering Shin Yu-bin's rise in the Olympics, it is worth looking forward to another interesting match between Korea and Japan following the quarterfinals against Hirano Miu.
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