'Shin Yu-bin's injury fighting'Korean 女 table tennis loses 2-3 to India...a failure to advance to the semifinals
Oct 08, 2024
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The South Korean women's table tennis team, led by coach Seok Eun-mi, lost to India with a match score of 2 to 3 in the quarterfinals of the Asian Table Tennis Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, on the afternoon of the 8th. After giving up two games first, he had a chance to turn the game around by winning two games down, but struggled with India's anomalous table tennis. He sought to advance to the semifinals in a row following last year's runner-up at the PyeongChang competition, but unfortunately failed.
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Jeon Ji-hee (16th) also lost to Manika Batra (29th) 2 to 3 (14-12, 11-13, 5-11, 11-5, 10-12) in a close game. It was such a close game that three out of five games were deuce wars, a disappointing loss. It was pushed to 0-2 in the game score.
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In the fourth singles, Shin Yu-bin won one game against Manika Batra 13-11 after the deuce war and won two games 11-4. He expected an easy victory, but even Bart, who caught Jeon Ji-hee, was not easy. The close game began again, falling behind 6-11 in 3 games and 7-11 in 4 games.
Coach Seok Eun-mi called a timeout as Batra led 3-1 in the last five games, which was the end of the loss. Shin Yu-bin continued the seesaw game with two points down and a 3-3 balance. However, it was shaken by the opponent's strong offensive and fell to 4-7, 5-8. However, Shin did not give up until the end. Chasing 6-8. Even after the Indian bench called a timeout, Shin Yu-bin's momentum did not break. He trailed 8-8 and continued his game with 9–9 and 10-10. It's a deuce match again. Shin Yu-bin roared as the last foredrive penetrated the opponent's table. It was a brilliant injury fight.
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Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com
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