Shin Yoo-bin (copyright), a Korean women's table tennis star, is conducting an experiment to find a new partner as the doubles group was disbanded with Jeon Ji-hee (former Mirae Asset Securities), who was a "soul duo."

Shin participated in the World Table Tennis (WTT) series "Singapore Smash 2025" in Singapore with Lee Eun-hye, her senior player in women's doubles. However, the results of her first experiment did not meet expectations.

Shin Yu-bin and Lee Eun-hye were eliminated after losing 1-3 (11-8, 5-11, 9-11, 3-11) to Serbia's Sabina Surjan-Isabella Rupulescu group in the first round of the women's doubles finals (the round of 32) on the 4th.

It was an inevitable choice for Shin Yu-bin, who was no longer able to work with Jeon Ji-hee when Jeon Ji-hee returned the Korean national team in December last year, but the first report card left a lot to be desired.

Shin Yu-bin and Lee Eun-hye got off to a good start, winning the first game 11-8, but lost three and four games after losing two games to 5-11, failing to reach the round of 16.

Both Shin Yu-bin and Lee Eun-hye are right-handed, so they did not have much time to train together and did not create synergy than when they matched hands and feet with left-handed Jeon Ji-hee.
This tournament was an experiment at the level of his team, but it is expected that the national team will still be worried.

While the national team is scheduled to enter Jincheon Training Center on the 26th of this month and start tempering, Shin Yoo-bin's doubles partner is expected to be decided naturally during the training process.

Shin Yu-bin reached the quarterfinals of the doubles with Jeon Ji-hee at the Asian Championships held in Astana, Kazakhstan, in October last year and won the doubles ticket at this year's World Championships (May 17-25, Doha, Qatar).

Even if Shin Yu-bin changes his doubles partner from Jeon Ji-hee to another player, the World Championship ticket is valid, so a new doubles group must be formed within the national team.

Coach Seok, who fortunately took the helm of the women's national team, was a member of the best doubles team in history. As a duo with Lee Eun-sil, Seok won the gold medal at the 2002 Busan Asian Games, the bronze medal at the 2003 Paris World Championship, and the silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Coach Seok's plan is to find the best combination by testing Shin Yu-bin's doubles partner during the training period at Jincheon National Training Center.

In doubles, it is advantageous to form a combination of left and right hands, but the concern is that it is not easy to find a left-handed player who can replace Jeon Ji-hee.

Among the players who passed this year's national team selection gate held last month, left-handed players are Kim Sung-jin (Samsung Life Insurance) and Yoo Han-na (Posco International).

Choi Hyo-joo (Korea Racing Authority), a representative left-handed player, ranked fourth in the final selection match for the national team, but failed to wear the national flag due to the restrictions on naturalized players (2 players). 먹튀검증

This is because naturalized players Lee Eun-hye and Joo Chun-hee (Samsung Life Insurance) were automatically selected according to the overall ranking, which reflects the performance of domestic and foreign competitions.

As a result, coach Seok Eun-mi plans to select Shin's partner through national team training.

Coach Seok Eun-mi, who was visiting the national team selection match at the time, said, "We are worried about forming a doubles group without Jeon Ji-hee," adding, "We will look for the best combination while watching the training process."