[Olympic] Shin Yu-bin, the first Korean table tennis player to advance to the singles semifinals in 20 years… Korea-Japan victory (comprehensive)
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Hirano, who suffered pain in the Hangzhou team competition, and ‘revenge’ after a great game in the full game
World No. 4 and Tokyo double-gold winner Chen Meng in the semifinals… If we go to the bronze medal match, there is a possibility of another Korea-Japan match.
Shin Yu-bin, who dramatically advanced to the semifinals
(Paris = Yonhap News) Reporter Shin Jun-hee = Korea’s Shin Yu-bin is happy after winning against Japan’s Miu Hirano in the table tennis women’s singles quarterfinals at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at the South Paris Arena in Paris, France on the 1st (local time). 2024.8.1
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(Paris = Yonhap News) Reporter Ahn Hong-seok = Shin Yu-bin (8th place, Korean Air) became the first Korean player to advance to the semifinals of the Olympic table tennis singles in 20 years.
Shin Yubin
In the quarterfinals of the table tennis women’s singles at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at the South Paris Arena in France on the 1st.
Miu Hirano from Japan
(13th place), they won 4-3 (11-4 11-7 11-5 7-11 8-11 9-11 13-11).
Shin Yu-bin, who teamed up with Lim Jong-hoon (Korea Exchange) for a bronze medal in the mixed doubles at this tournament, will add her second Olympic medal in her career if she wins just one more game in the women’s singles.
The last time Korean table tennis won an Olympic singles medal was in the 2004 Athens Games, when Yoo Seung-min (Chairman of the Korean Table Tennis Association) won a men’s singles gold medal and Kim Kyung-ah won a women’s singles bronze medal.
Shin Yu-bin is the first time in 20 years since the Athens Games that a Korean player has reached the semifinals in the Olympic men’s and women’s singles.
Shin Yu-bin will clash with China’s world number 4 Chen Meng, who defeated Sofia Polkanova (23rd, Austria) 4-0 (11-5 11-3 11-0 11-8), on the 2nd at 5 PM Korean time. .
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Although Chen Meng has now handed over the title of Chinese ace to world number one Sun Yingsha, he was a player who reigned as the strongest player until the mid to late 2010s.
At the 2021 Tokyo Games, she won two gold medals in the women’s singles and women’s team event.
Shin Yu-bin competed with Cheon Meng in the World Table Tennis (
WTT
) They faced each other once in the quarterfinals of Singapore Smash and lost 1-4.
A very difficult match is expected for Shin Yu-bin.
If Shin Yu-bin wins, there is a high possibility that she will face Sun Ying-sha in the final.
If Shin Yu-bin loses to Chen Meng, she will face the third place match.
Shin Yu-bin ‘The ball is in front of your eyes’
(Paris = Yonhap News) Reporter Shin Jun-hee = Korea’s Shin Yu-bin is facing Japan’s Miu Hirano in the table tennis women’s singles quarterfinals at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at the South Paris Arena in Paris, France on the 1st (local time). 2024.8.1
It seems likely that her opponent in the third place match will be Japan’s Hayata Hina (5th place).
Hirano, whom Shin Yu-bin faced today, is a player who suffered a painful defeat in the semifinals of the women’s team event at the Hangzhou Asian Games last year.
At that time, Korea lost 1-3 to Japan and had to be content with a bronze medal.
In this match, Shin Yu-bin competed in the 1st and 4th singles matches and lost in both. Korea’s defeat was confirmed when Hirano defeated Shin Yu-bin in the final 4 singles match.
Shin Yu-bin, who gained momentum by winning her first medal in mixed doubles, showed advanced performance in many aspects such as power, speed, and game management ability compared to her performance in Hangzhou 11 months ago, and played a dominant game up to three games.
Shin Yubin, cooling off from sweat and heat
(Paris = Yonhap News) Reporter Shin Jun-hee = Shin Yu-bin is cooling off the sweat and heat during her match against Japan’s Miu Hirano in the table tennis women’s singles quarterfinals at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at the South Paris Arena in Paris, France on the 1st (local time). 2024.8.1
Hirano changed his clothes and launched a counterattack. He took games 4, 5, and 6 in succession to bring the game back to square one. In a one-point game, Shin Yu-bin made several mistakes.
In the final 7 games, Shin Yu-bin made powerful attacks one after another and took the lead to 5-1.
However, Hirano persistently followed, and the balance was eventually leveled at 10-10.
After a fierce battle that resulted in two deuces, Hirano’s last two shots hit the net in a row, and Shin Yu-bin secured a ticket to the semifinals.
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