"Korea Women's Table Tennis Top Ranker" Shin Yu-bin (16th in the world) has reached the semifinals of the Chinese smash women's singles for the first time in her life.
In the quarterfinals of the 2025 World Table Tennis (WTT) China Smash Women's Singles held in Beijing, China on the 2nd, Shin Yu-bin came from behind to win the game score 4-2 after more than an hour of intense blood fight against Chu Chun-hee (Samsung Life Insurance).
It's been a long time since the quarterfinals between Korean players were held in the women's singles of the 'Smash' class competition, where top world-class rankers will participate. In the women's singles round of 16 the previous day, Shin Yu-bin beat '4th place Chinese ace'Kwaiman 3-2 in a close game, and Zhu Chen-hui beat 'Chinese veteran'Xu Xunyao (12th place) 3-0 in a close game. The quarterfinals of the 'Korea's One-Pot Rice' match, which took place amid an unusual incident in which both aces of the Republic of Korea jumped the Great Wall.
It was an unpredictable game from the first game. They were as careful as they knew each other well. From 1-1 to 5-5, seesaw games continued. As Shin Yu-bin's attacks followed one after another and led 7-5, Joo Chun-hee followed and scored three points to lead 8-7. In the women's doubles with Ito Mima and Xu Xunyao, Joo Chun-hee, Sofia Polkanova, and Kuaiman, who reached the semifinals, and Shin Yu-bin, who beat Ito Mima and Xu Xunyao one after another, were in a tight fight. Joo Chun-hee took the game point 10-8, but Shin Yu-bin scored two points down to enter the 10-10 deuce game. In a breathtaking battle, Joo Chun-hee took one game at 16-14.
Joo Chun-hee took two games to 11-7, leading the game score 2-0. Three games of fate, Shin Yu-bin's counterattack on the brink began. Shin Yu-bin scored three points with a strong drive to revive the spark of the game at 11-8, while continuing the toss-up seesaw game to 8-8. In the fourth game, Shin Yu-bin took the lead with a 2-0 lead and took the lead 10-8, game point first. Joo Chun-hee chased 10-9 and below the chin, but Shin Yu-bin grabbed the game point, turning the game to 11-9, game score 2-2, and the game to square one.
In five games, Shin Yu-bin continued his momentum, and Joo Chun-hee also followed to the end. They continued the tight flow of 4-2, 6-4, 6-5. Shin Yu-bin scored four points to win the 9-5 game, but Joo Chun-hee followed 9-8. It was a great match to show the power of Korean women's table tennis. Shin Yu-bin shook off the chase and scored two points to overturn the game score to 11-9, 3-2. The last six games were Shin Yu-bin's flow. They went ahead 9–4, eventually winning 11-7. With a game score of 4-2 and a come-from-behind victory, he went to the semifinals and secured a bronze medal.
Shin Yu-bin, who secured the first bronze medal in women's singles smash history, will face Wang Man-yu-mi and Harimoto winner in the semifinals of another quarterfinal match.
On the first day of the Chuseok holiday, Shin Yu-bin and Joo Chun-hee, who jumped over the Great Wall side by side, handed the people meaningful Chuseok gifts.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
