South Korean and North Korean women's ace players Shin Yubin and Kim Qinying have mixed feelings at the intersection of the top 16 of the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships

South Korean women's aces Shin Yubin and Kim Jin-young, who participated in the 2025 ITTF World Championships (individual event), encountered ice and fire at the intersection of the round of 16. On the 21st local time, South Korea's first sister Shin Youbin defeated Italy's Gaia Monpadini 4-1 (11-5, 8-11, 11-9, 14-12, 16-14) in the women's singles round of 32 at the Lusail Sports Arena in Doha, Qatar, and entered the round of 16. At this point, Shen Yubin will compete with the world's No. 1 Chinese star Sun Yingsha for a place in the top 8 of women's singles at this World Table Tennis Championships.

Shin Yubin participates in the women's singles competition at the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships.

World No. 10 Shin Yubin welcomed world No. 139 Montpadini to the game, and she easily won the first game 11-5 to take the lead, but thanks to Montpadini's fierce counterattack, she saw her opponent equalize the second game.

But after entering the third game, which was crucial to the outcome of the game, Shen Yubin launched a sharp offensive and won 11-9, and won the fourth game of the duel after 10 draws 14-12 to establish a 3-1 lead.

Shin Yubin has three people, and he is still online. Among them, she reached the quarterfinals in the mixed doubles with Lim Joong-hoon

Shin Yubin was overtaken by his opponent after taking the lead in the fifth game, and even faced an 8-10 deficit situation, but saved two game points under a calm attack, and finally won 16-14, locking a ticket to the round of 16.

In this World Table Tennis Championships, Shen Yubin has three things, and he is still online. Among them, she reached the quarterfinals in the mixed doubles with Lin Zhongxun and will compete with Chinese Taipei's Lin Yunru/Zheng Yijing for a place in the semi-finals. In addition, in the women's doubles competition, Shin Yubin, who re-cooperated with Yoo Han-nah due to Tian Zhixi's withdrawal from the national team, has entered the top 8.

North Korea's Kim Jin-young (left) in mixed doubles at the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships

On the contrary, North Korean ace Kim Qin-young lost 3-4 (8-11, 11-5, 6-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-8, 3-11) to Japanese table tennis sister Miwa Jang in the women's singles round of 32 and missed out on the round of 16. At last year's Asian Championships in Astana, Kim won the singles title for the first time as a North Korean female player. However, on the same day, in the duel with Zhang Benmeihe, due to lack of stamina, he failed to advance to the top 16 of the women's singles of this World Table Tennis Championships.