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Jeon Ji-hee defeats ‘best friend’ Shin Yu-bin and becomes first contender singles champion

Won the World Table Tennis Doha Tournament by defeating 獨 at the doubles finish line.

Shin Yu-bin (left) and Jeon Ji-hee hugging each other after the 2024 World Table Tennis (WTT) Doha Contender Women's Singles final match. 카지노사이트랭크

‘Heebin Combi’ Jeon Ji-hee (32) and Shin Yu-bin (20) faced off in the 2024 World Table Tennis (WTT) Doha Contender Singles final. ‘Passionate Sister’ Jeon Ji-hee defeated ‘Beep’ Shin Yu-bin and became the women’s singles champion in a Contender competition for the first time. Jeon Ji-hee, ranked 33rd in the world, defeated 9th-ranked Shin Yu-bin 4-3 (8-11, 11-9, 14-16, 9-11, 18-16, 11-8, 11) in the women's singles final of the tournament held in Doha, Qatar on the 21st. -5) We achieved a come-from-behind victory.

WTT is divided into four classes: Champions, Star Contender, Contender, and Feeder. Until now, the only Korean player to have won the women's singles title in a contest at the contender level or higher was Shin Yu-bin (3 times). Jeon Ji-hee also faced Shin Yu-bin in the quarterfinals of the 2021 Doha Star Contender and won 3-1.

The Heebin duo, who won the women's doubles gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games last year, defeated Germany's Sabine Winter and Annette Kaufman 3-0 (11-8, 11-5, 11-4) in the doubles final of this tournament held earlier. This marked the team's sixth WTT Tour victory. In the men's doubles final, the pair of Lee Sang-soo (34) and Lim Jong-hoon (27) also defeated Hong Kong's Lam Siu Hang and Ho Kwan Kit 3-2 (11-13, 11-4, 9-11, 11-7, 11-6). won. 섯다