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'Korea's Top Ranker' Shin Yu-bin (10th in the world) will inevitably face a tough match in the women's singles at the Doha World Championships.
The draw for the World Table Tennis Championships, which will open at Lusail Sports Arena in Doha, Qatar on the 17th (Korea time), was held on April 30, two weeks before the opening. The match, in which five events, including men's and women's singles, doubles, and mixed doubles, are held in an individual match, was a concern for the first time in the table tennis world. The singles will be held in the round of 128, the men's and women's, and the mixed doubles will be held in the round of 64 tournaments.
The men's national team, led by head coach Oh Sang-eun, will have five men and women, including Jang Woo-jin (13th in the world), Ahn Jae-hyun (18th in the world), Oh Jun-sung (25th in the world), Cho Dae-sung (33rd in the world), Lim Jong-hoon (42nd in the world), and Seok Eun-mi, head coach Shin Yoo-bin, Seo Hyo-won (25th in the world), Kim Na-young (32nd in the world), Lee Eun-hye (56th in the world), and Park Ga-hyun (144th in the world) will play under the national flag.
Shin Yu-bin's first opponent in singles, who drew attention, is Lisa Geir (17, New Zealand). As it starts with the 128th round, it faces the lower ranker in the beginning, but if it crosses the 32nd round of Duhoichem afterwards, it is destined to meet Sun Ying-sha (China), the 'world's strongest' in the round of 16.
Jang Woo-jin will meet Nicolas Burgos (Chile, 144th) in the first round of 128, but is likely to meet Trules Moeregor (Sweden, 7th in the world), Tomokazu Harimoto (Japan, 4th in the world), and Wang Chuqin (China, 2nd in the world) in the round of 16. He accepted the match table among the mountains, but it is worth expecting as he announced his revival last week by lifting the men's singles trophy at the men's and women's championships.
'Left-handed ace' Lim Jong-hoon faces 'Japan's top ranker'Hariemoto Tomokazu of Japan from the first game. Ahn Jae-hyun will play his first match with João Monteiro (Portugal, 151st), Cho Dae-sung will play Nicholas Room (Australia, 39th), and Oh Jun-sung will play Dara Duferra (Ethiopia, 121st). If it succeeds in advancing to the round of 32, it is expected that the Taegeuk Warriors and the French table tennis brothers will face off. Oh Jun-sung is likely to compete with Felix LeBrugn and Ahn Jae-hyun with Alexis LeBrugn for the round of 16, respectively. The oldest member of the women's team, Seo Hyo-won, will face Konstantina Psiojis (Australia, 66th), Lee Eun-hye will face Charlotte Lutz (France, 83rd), Kim Na-young will face Hwang Yu-chao (Taiwan, 191th), and Park Ga-hyun will face Tan Zhao Yun (Singapore, 302nd) in the round of 128.
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Realistically, they are counting on the doubles of 'traditional strong stocks' rather than singles. South Korea, which advanced to the final round of men's and women's teams at the 2023 Durban Games, will play as Lim Jong-hoon, Ahn Jae-hyun, and Jang Woo-jin and Cho Dae-sung. Lim Jong-hoon and Jang Woo Jin-jo have changed partners. We look forward to the performance of 'Im-An Duo', who is currently working with Dongsan High School in Daejeon and is currently on a roll at the Korea Exchange. The key is how much top ranker Jang Woo-jin and left-handed ace Cho Dae-sung will be able to shake off the aftermath of their recent injuries and show their skills. Lim Jong-hoon and Ahn Jae-hyun will play Australia's Finn Lu-Nicholas Room, and Jang Woo-jin and Cho Dae-sung will play England's Conor Green-Liam Peachford Group in the first round of 64.
In the women's doubles, which Jeon Ji-hee left shortly after the Paris Olympics, Shin Yu-bin will make her world championship debut with the new doubles group with Yuhan-na 'left hand Shin Seong'. Those who have worked together on the junior national team recently showed their potential by reaching the final at the WTT tournament. Shin Yu-bin - Yuhanna will play their first match against Algeria Yasamine Bowhenny - Malisa Nasri. Kim Na-young and Lee Eun-hyejo will face Sweden's Linda Verström-Kristina Karlberg.
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The most exciting thing is the mixed doubles where the Olympic medal group will compete. The 'Paris Olympics Mixed Doubles Bronze Medal Group' Lim Jong-hoon and Shin Yu-bin Group will face Hong Kong's Chan Baldwin-Chu Cheng-ju Group in the first round of 64. If you put the first button well, there is no clear opponent until the semifinals. 'The youngest ace of the national team' Oh Jun-sung and Kim Na-young will face New Zealand players Dean Shoo - Jocelyn Lam-jo.
The Doha Table Tennis World Championships will be held from the 17th to the 25th, and the Korean men's and women's table tennis team will depart for the country on the 13th.
Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
