3-0 win over Qatar… Battle with China to reach the finals
(Seoul = Newsis) Cho Dae-seong and Shin Yu-bin. (Photo = Provided by ITTF) *Resale and DB prohibited
(Seoul = Newsis) Reporter Ha Geun-soo = The Korean table tennis team Dae-seong Cho (Samsung Life Insurance) and Yu-bin Shin (Korean Air) advanced to the semifinals of the World Table Tennis (WTT) Star Contender Mixed Doubles.
Cho Dae-seong and Shin Yu-bin won 3-0 (11-5 11-2 13-11) in the mixed doubles quarterfinals of the tournament against Mohamed Abdul Wahab and Ayia Mohammed (Qatar) held in Doha, Qatar on the 9th (Korean time).
With the win that day, Cho Dae-seong and Shin Yu-bin advanced to the semifinals.
The opponent competing to advance to the finals is the group of Huang Yu-jung and Shi Xunyao (China), who defeated the group of Wong Chun-ting and Du Hoi-kem (Hong Kong) 3-1 (11-8 10-12 11-2 11-6).
Cho Dae-seong and Shin Yu-bin showed overwhelming performance and took games 1 and 2 with ease.
They took the lead in game 3, but were momentarily shaken, tying the score at 9-9 in the middle of the game.
However, Cho Dae-seong and Shin Yu-bin scored two consecutive points in a deuce situation and confirmed their advancement to the semifinals.
Shin Yu-bin continued her cruise by reaching the round of 16 in the women’s singles, but Cho Dae-seong was disappointed by being eliminated in the round of 32 in the men’s singles.
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