At the 2025 WTT Chennai station, Shen Yubin, the first sister of Korean table tennis, attacked on the third line and passed the first round on the second line

South Korean women's table tennis ace Shin Yubin and new women's doubles partner Liu Hanna ushered in a good start to the main event on the international stage. On the 28th Beijing time, Shin Yubin partnered with Liu Hannah in the women's doubles round of 16 of the 2025 WTT Star Challenge Chennai held in Chennai, India, and reversed national team teammates Lee Eun Hye and Kim Na Young 3-2 (7-11, 11-2, 11-7, 6-11, 11-8).

Shin Yubin/(left) and Liu Hanna, who are working together for the first time in the women's doubles group

With this, the Shin Yu Bin/Liu Hannah pair have entered the quarter-finals and will compete with Hong Kong's Chu Chengzhu/Ng Wing Lam for a place in the semi-finals. Shen Yubin has been looking for a new partner due to the retirement of Tian Zhixi, the "golden partner" who won the women's doubles gold medal in table tennis at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, and has been working with Hannah Liu for the first time on the adult stage in this competition.

In this battle, although the Shen Yubin/Liu Hanna combination lost the first game 7-11 and suffered an unstable start, after easily winning the second game 11-2, after an offensive and defensive battle, the game was dragged into the deciding game.

Shin Yu-bin (right) and Lim Jong-hoon working together in the mixed doubles

The right-left-handed Shin Yubin/Yoo Hannah duo launched a powerful offensive from Game 5 onwards, winning 11-8 and winning in a round of 16 match between Korean pairs.

Shin Yubin also defeated an Australian pair 3-0 in the mixed doubles with Lim Jong-hoon to reach the quarterfinals. Shin Yubin enters the top 32 of the women's singles in this station, and if he wins in this round, he is likely to have a round of 16 showdown with his team's predecessor Lee Eun-hye.