On March 27, 2024, the table tennis Incheon Championship continued, the first top ten in the world in women's singles was out, South Korean star Shin Yubin lost 2-3 to Austria's Polkanova, the 2-0 lead suddenly dropped, and the loss of three games in a row was reversed, and the home team played abnormally unexpectedly.
Shin Yubin is the hopeful star of the South Korean team, only 19 years old and very potential, women's singles world ranking 7th, the level of competition is undoubted, especially the women's doubles partner Tian Zhixi is very threatening, once won the World Table Tennis Championships runner-up, won Sun Yingsha / Wang Manyu, from the perspective of playing Shen Yubin is decent, it is difficult to defeat the top players in national table tennis, but it has been stable in the top ten for a long time, indicating that the results are not bad.
The opponent is Austrian player Polkanova, ranked only 29th, this Olympic cycle performance is mediocre, the only highlight moment is in doubles, not long ago partner Szokos, and Chen Meng/Wang Manyu had a competition, left a deep impression on many fans, Shen Yubin is lucky this time, playing Polkanova is a good sign, and it is a home advantage, I didn't expect to be eliminated in the first round.
After the start of the game, Shen Yubin played momentum in the first game, Polkanova's single-board quality was okay, and the multi-shot holding was not inferior, but the first three boards were easy to make mistakes, Shen Yubin took the lead with 11-8, and the key points of Polkanova in the second game were not played well, Shen Yubin withstood the pressure and won 14-12, the first two games were Shen Yubin took the initiative, but the back was obviously conservative, and even the mentality was affected.
In the third game, Polkanova's serving round changed, avoiding entanglement with Shen Yubin near the stage, playing as simple as possible, giving full play to her stronger advantages, bringing more pressure to the opponent, Polkanova pulled back a game 11-7, and in the fourth game Polkanova took advantage of the situation to chase, Shen Yubin did not have many ways to deal with it, and lacked on-the-spot adjustments, so that Polkanova took the lead in an all-round way and won the game 11-7.
In the decisive game, Shen Yubin directly fell off the line and lost his state, Polkanova seized the opportunity and ended the game 11-5, and finally reversed Shen Yubin 3-2, knocking out the world's seventh in an upset, and then against Brazilian player Takahashi Bruna, Shen Yubin did not play well at home It is worth summarizing, especially after she won two games in a row, she relaxed in advance and was successfully turned over by Polkanova, which really shouldn't be, it's really hard to say.
Interestingly, everyone originally predicted that Shen Yubin and Shan Xiaona would stand out and compete for a place in the quarterfinals, but now the two are both out of the game and will be eliminated when they come up, and Shen Yubin has become the first top ten in the world to fall behind, losing to Polkanova at home, of course, Polkanova can win Shen Yubin, but not necessarily Bruna, who can continue to move forward at that time, let's wait and see.