Shin Yu-bin, who was hit by the Puerto Rican ace, “I will prepare again”

Defeated by world number 11 Adriana Diaz.

Women's table tennis star Shin Yu-bin (Korean Air) suffered a blow against Puerto Rico in the group stage of the World Championships. He overcame her defeat and promised her that she would perform better in the next match.

The Korean women's table tennis team defeated Puerto Rico with a match score of 3-1 in the third round of the women's group 5 preliminary round of the 'BNK Busan Bank 2024 Busan World Table Tennis Championships' held at BEXCO Stadium 1 (Chopi Hall) in Busan on the 18th.

On this day, Jeon Ji-hee, who was the runner in the first match, defeated Brianna Burgos with a game score of 3-0, but Shin Yu-bin, the second match runner, was defeated by Puerto Rico's strongest player, Adriana Diaz, 0-3.

Adriana Diaz is ranked 11th in the women's table tennis world rankings, and the gap with Shin Yu-bin, who is ranked 8th, is not that big. She is the strongest player in North and Central America, having won the Pan American women's individual singles, the highest competition in South America, five times (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022).

Shin Yu-bin was behind on the international stage with 1 win and 2 losses in 3 matches before this match. Shin Yu-bin lost to Dias twice in a row at the ‘Croatia Open’ in 2017 and 2019. She tasted her first victory at the 2022 World Table Tennis (WTT) Contender Tunis.

Shin Yu-bin lost, but the subsequent players won, and Korea defeated Puerto Rico. In match 3, Si-ion Lee defeated Melanie Diaz 3-1, and in match 4, Ji-hee Jeon defeated Adriana Diaz 3-0.

Shin Yu-bin, who suffered her first loss in the preliminaries, said she would prepare for the next match. “I think the opposing player was a little more relaxed today. “I don’t feel bad because my sisters won,” he said. “It would have been better if we had won, but we lost anyway, so we need to quickly pull ourselves together and prepare again for the next time.” “I want to prepare well and create a better game,” he said.

Jeon Ji-hee comforted Shin Yu-bin. He said, “Actually, Adriana Diaz is a burdensome opponent. “It was difficult for me to guarantee victory, so I even asked Yubin to come forward,” he said. “Yubin watched the game and came up with a plan, and Zion also won, so I was able to play with peace of mind. “In the end, we won,” he explained.

Advancement to the round of 16 has already been confirmed, and as fatigue is accumulating due to the successive games, coach Oh Kwang-heon of the women's national team plans to allocate stamina by deploying various players for the final group stage match against Cuba on the 19th. In an interview after the game, Coach Oh said, “We will give more members a chance to participate in the remaining preliminary matches against Cuba,” and “Today’s game was like that, but it is difficult to go to any game easily at the World Championships. “We must not relax our nerves for the remaining games,” he said. 19가이드03