What a shame! Deuceman Shin Yu-bin, who fought three times, failed to make it to the final after a two-to-four defeat with a 17-year-old top ranker.

Nov 09, 2025

What a shame! Deuceman Shin Yu-bin, who fought three times, failed to make it to the final after a two-to-four defeat with a 17-year-old top ranker.
Photo source=WTT



What a shame! Deuceman Shin Yu-bin, who fought three times, failed to make it to the final after a two-to-four defeat with a 17-year-old top ranker.
Photo source=WTT
"People's Peep" Shin Yu-bin (12th in the world) narrowly missed the World Table Tennis (WTT) Champions final.

Shin Yu-bin lost to Harimoto Miwa (world No. 7) of the top seed in the WTT Champions Frankfurt Women's Singles semifinals at the Shebark Energie Arena in Frankfurt, Germany on the 9th (Korea time).

Shin Yu-bin, who reached the semifinals of China's Smash first and WTT Champions Montpellier last month, challenged his first trip to the finals immediately after going to the semifinals for the second consecutive time in this tournament. 'Japan's proud ace'HARIMOTO's all-time record of 1 win and 5 losses. But against Harimoto, who lost 2-3 in the round of 32 in Yokohama, the WTT Champions??It was a stronger match.




What a shame! Deuceman Shin Yu-bin, who fought three times, failed to make it to the final after a two-to-four defeat with a 17-year-old top ranker.
Photo source=WTT
What a shame! Deuceman Shin Yu-bin, who fought three times, failed to make it to the final after a two-to-four defeat with a 17-year-old top ranker.
Photo source=WTT
Shin Yu-bin won two points first on Harimoto's serve in the first game, leading 2-0 before falling to 2-8 by giving up eight points. The backhand drive got caught in the net one after another. However, it was persistent. He chased 7-9 with a sharp attack followed by a sub-point, a short stabbing attack, and overcame the rally game to catch up by 9-10, one point. I lost my first game 9-11, but I didn't mean to back down easily.

The second game was Shin Yu-bin's pace.He took a 7-0 lead with fast beats and clever strategy on the course. He fought off Harimoto's fastball with a faster ball, finishing light at 11-2.

The three games were a close game. Harimoto led 3-0, but Shin Yu-bin followed step by step to tie 3-3. He overcame the rally game and succeeded in turning the tables 4-3. Strong and deep banana flicked one after another to take a 7-3 lead. Miwa Harimoto also dug in with a bold shot, winning the rally fight and chasing 6-7. Coach Ham Sori on the bench asked for a timeout. After the timeout, Harimoto scored three points, falling back to 7-9. Shin Yu-bin also chased to the end. Let's chase 9-10, this time the Japanese bench shouted a timeout. After the timeout, Shin Yu-bin's attack succeeded and entered the 10-10, deuce game, and grabbed the game point first with a bold backhand attack. 11-10. However, they lost 11-13 with two runs down. It was the most disappointing match of the day. Game Score 1-2.




At the beginning of the fourth game, Shin Yu-bin was pushed to 0-7, 3-9 due to Harimoto's momentum. Lost 4-11, game score 1-3.

What a shame! Deuceman Shin Yu-bin, who fought three times, failed to make it to the final after a two-to-four defeat with a 17-year-old top ranker.
Photo source=WTT
What a shame! Deuceman Shin Yu-bin, who fought three times, failed to make it to the final after a two-to-four defeat with a 17-year-old top ranker.
Photo source=WTT
In five games, Harimoto scored three points, but Shin Yu-bin followed 2-3. As Harimoto scored two points with a backhand down to take a 5-3 lead, Shin Yu-bin followed with another 5-4 drive like a clothesline. Shin Yu-bin's awl-like attack continued to break through Harimoto's hard receiving.tied the game 7-7. German fans applauded. He scored two points and succeeded in turning the tables with a bold serve from his serve. Harimoto's fierce chase followed, and Shin Yu-bin grabbed the game point first at 11-10, a deuce game that started again. Brought 12-10, 5 games as a subpoint. Game Score 2-3

Six games, too, 3-3, 4-4, 5-5 full-on war. Shin Yu-bin followed again 6-6, with a powerful Chikita shot, as Harimoto was pushed 5-6 with Edge's luck. 7-7, 8-8, 9-9, seesaw games followed. With a confident banana flick, 10-9, Shin Yu-bin grabbed the game point first, but the receiving shook and entered the deuce game 10-10, again. Shin Yu-bin won the rally following the serve and grabbed a game point at 11-10, but the reception following Harimoto's attack was prolonged, pushing it to 11-11.11-12. The Pimali deuce war lasted 12-12 and 13-13. A powerful foredrive went off the table, falling behind 13-14 and eventually losing the game score 2-4, giving up match points 13-15.




What a shame! Deuceman Shin Yu-bin, who fought three times, failed to make it to the final after a two-to-four defeat with a 17-year-old top ranker.
Photo source=WTT
None of the top Chinese players participated in this tournament. It is to participate in China's largest sports event, the Chinese National Sports Festival, which is held every four years after the Olympics. The semifinals of women's table tennis were narrowed down to a showdown between Shin Yu-bin and Harimoto Miwa, Hayata Hina and Ito Mima. South Korea's top ranker Shin Yoo-bin, the only one who survived in the gap between the Japanese ace's semifinals, played a hot game until the end, but lacked a shot. Unfortunately, I missed my first trip to the finals.

Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.