South Korean women’s table tennis standout Shin Yubin (No. 8-Korean Air) was knocked out in the first round of the King of Kings singles event by China’s Wang Yidi (No. 4).Shin lost 1-3 (6-11 6-11 13-11 5-11) to Wang Yidi in the round of 16 of the Women’s Singles at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Finals Wimin Nagoya 2023 in Nagoya, Japan on Friday.Shin is now 4-0 in her career against Wang Yidi.
The world No. 1 women’s doubles team of Shin Yubin and Jeon Jeon-hee (Mirae Asset Securities) will play the quarterfinals on Saturday against Japan’s Miyu Kihara and Miyu Nagasaki (No. 7).Shin is not at full strength, having missed some matches at the previous International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Mixed Team World Cup due to shoulder and back injuries.Chinese naturalized player Zhu Tianhe (15th-Samsung Life) also suffered an early exit in the round of 16 earlier in the day, falling 2-3 (11-6 11-13 11-6 10-12 8-11) to German veteran Han Ying (9th).The Finals is the second 카지노사이트킹 most valuable WTT event after the Grand Smash in terms of ranking points.