'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

'Shin Yu-bin's injury fighting'Korean 女 table tennis loses 2-3 to India...a failure to advance to the semifinals
Shin Yu-bin lost in thought when the game didn't go well. Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /



'Shin Yu-bin's injury fighting'Korean 女 table tennis loses 2-3 to India...a failure to advance to the semifinals
Jae Gun, Jung cjg@sportschosun.com/2024.8.2/
South Korea's women's table tennis team missed the ticket to the semifinals of the Asian Championship.

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.

'Shin Yu-bin's injury fighting'Korean 女 table tennis loses 2-3 to India...a failure to advance to the semifinals
Shin Yubin serves.Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.8.2/
'Shin Yu-bin's injury fighting'Korean 女 table tennis loses 2-3 to India...a failure to advance to the semifinals
Shin Yu-bin touches his shoulder after the game. Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.8.3/
1st singles 'Top Ranker' Shin Yu-bin (8th) lost to 'Indian ambush'Aihika Mukherjee (92nd) by a score of 2-3. Since the Paris Olympics, he has been forced to participate in the Asian Championship with a ticket to the World Championship, with little training due to a ruptured shoulder muscle. In the first real game in more than two months since the Paris Olympics, 100% of the performance did not come out.



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.

'Shin Yu-bin's injury fighting'Korean 女 table tennis loses 2-3 to India...a failure to advance to the semifinals
Lee Eun-hye, Jung Jae-geun, reporter for the Korean women's table tennis team, cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.8.6/
Lee Eun-hye (49th), who was active in the women's team bronze medal match at the 3rd singles Paris Olympics, came out as a come-from-behind runner. It turned the tide back with a 3-0 (11-6, 12-10, 11-8) rout of top Indian Ranker Srija Akula (26th).



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.



'Shin Yu-bin's injury fighting'Korean 女 table tennis loses 2-3 to India...a failure to advance to the semifinals
Ji Ji-hee is happy after winning. Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.8.6/
제5단식 '백전노장' 전지희가 무케르지와 맞섰다. Jeon Ji-hee won the first game 11-7 against anti-spin rubber, owner of the harness, and Mukherjee, who made headlines when she defeated Sun Ying-sha 'World Strongest' at the Busan World Championship in February. They continued the seesaw game from 2 games to 5-5 and lost 6-11 to the opponent's strong smash attack. The Indian bench asked for a timeout as Jeon Ji-hee's top pin led 6-5 with a close score of 5-5 in the third game. When Jeon Ji-hee was chased to 8-7 while leading 8-5, he asked the bench for an operation time. Immediately after the timeout, he allowed two runs down, 8-9, and a turnaround. Jeon Ji-hee took all her serve chances and turned the game back to 10-10 deuce, but lost 10-12. Four games, 7-7, 8-8, 9-9, 10-10, were followed by a tight match that was an inch ahead, but the final receiving was prolonged and gave up 10-12. Game score 2-3, unfortunately, wrapped up the team competition journey.

Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com



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