The 2025 WTT Chennai Star Challenge singles matchup situation has been released, and Shin Yubin will face off against teammate Lee Eun Hye

South Korean women's table tennis ace Shin Yubin is expected to face his team's senior Lee Eun-hye in the early stage of the 2025 WTT Star Challenge Chennai.

South Korean women's table tennis ace Shin Yubin

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) released the men's and women's singles matchups through its website on the 26th. Shin Yubin was sent straight to the round of 32 without a first-round match (round of 64) and will await the winner between Italy's Giorgio Picorin and the qualifiers. If Shin Yubin passes this hurdle, he is expected to meet his teammate Lee Eun-hye in the round of 16.

2025 Korea General Championships Women's Singles Champion Lee Eun-hye

Lee Eun-hye, who won the bronze medal in the women's team table tennis event with Shin Yubin at last year's Paris Olympics, is a powerful player who won the women's singles title at the most prestigious tournament in Korea last year, and she is expected to compete fiercely with Shin Yubin.

In the absence of China's world-class players in preparation for the men's and women's World Cup in Macau in April, top seeds Hina Hayada (world No. 5) and Miwa Haramoto (world No. 6, both Japan) secured a place in the top two seeds in the women's singles.

In addition, Shin Yubin, Lee Eun-hye, Park Ga-hyun, Kim Na-young, and Yoo Han-na will represent South Korea in the women's singles competition in Chennai, and the Korean participants in the men's group of this station are Ahn Jae-hyun, Im Jong-hoon, Oh Jun-sung, and Park Kang-hyun.