▲ Jeon Ji-hee and Shin Yu-bin pass the ball to Germany in the quarterfinals of the women’s table tennis team event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games held at the Tokyo Gymnasium on the 3rd. (Tokyo (Japan)=Newsis)
The Olympic women’s table tennis team lost to Germany after a close five sets in the semi-finals of the team event.
Our national team, which consists of captain Jeon Ji-hee (29, POSCO Energy), Shin Yu-bin (17, Korean Air), and Choi Hyo-joo (23, Samsung Life Insurance), won the ‘World Rankings’ in the quarterfinals of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic women’s table tennis team event held at the Tokyo Gymnasium on the 3rd. 3rd place’ Germany ended the Olympic race by losing 2-3 against Germany.
Jeon Ji-hee and Shin Yu-bin joined the doubles in the first match, which was the most important for dominating the baseline.
Jeon Ji-hee and Shin Yu-bin lost the first set 9-11 to Germany’s San Shaona (38) and Petrisa Solja (27), but they won the second set after a close battle. However, they gave up three sets and were in danger of losing one game.
Despite the crisis, the two players did not give up. After winning the 4th set 11-6, he scored 8 points in a row in the 5th set and dominated the game. The result was a set score of 3-2 and won the match in doubles.
Choi Hyo-joo took part in the two-game singles. However, it was difficult to break through the defense of Germany’s Han Ying (38), who is ranked 22nd in the world. In the end, they lost with a set score of 0-3.
In the midst of a desperate need for a reversal of the atmosphere, captain Jeon Ji-hee took part in the three-game singles event.
Jeon Ji-hee took the first set 11-6 against Solja. In the second set, he was able to score 6 consecutive goals in a situation that was 3-7 behind, and he won 13-11 after a close deuce match. Solja, who lost two sets in a row, lost her will. Jeon Ji-hee won three games with a set score of 3-0.
In the 4th match, Shin Yu-bin, a ‘table tennis prodigy’ appeared. The opponent was Han Ying, who defeated Choi Hyo-joo in the second set. After losing the first set 6-11, Shin Yu-bin persisted and won the second set. However, Han Ying, who is strong defensively, skillfully caught Shin Yu-bin’s batted ball. Shin Yubin, who gave up 3 sets again, started a desperate pursuit by hitting fireworks in a situation where he was behind by 4 points in 4 sets, but he could not break through Han Ying’s cut and bowed his head.
Choi Hyo-joo, who played in the last five singles matches, lost to San Shaona 0-3 (8-11, 6-11, 9-11), and the Korean women’s table tennis team was eliminated in the quarterfinals.
The Korean women’s table tennis won the bronze medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympic team event, and then recorded a no-medal medal in three consecutive competitions.
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