Table tennis star Shin Yu-bin and Im Jong-hoon are mixed and second place in Singapore Smash... the women's doubles final [WTT Singapore smash]

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Korean table tennis mixed doubles group Lim Jong-hoon (29, Korea Exchange) and Shin Yoo-bin (22, Korean Air) won the runner-up prize at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Singapore Smash.

Lim Jong-hoon and Shin Yu-bin lost to Hugo Calderano-Bruno Takahashi Cho (7-11, 6-11, 11-13) at the 2026 WTT Singapore Smash held in The Kalang, Singapore on the 27th (Korea Standard Time).

Lim Jong-hoon and Shin Yoo-bin, who stayed in the quarterfinals at the WTT Star Contender Doha last month, advanced to the final in this competition, but dropped their heads ahead of the final step.

Lim Jong-hoon and Shin Yoo-bin, who won the bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, rose to No. 1 in the mixed doubles world ranking by winning the WTT Finals four times last year.

However, this year's start is a bit of a bummer. He is struggling with as much analysis as his elevated status. This time, he reached the final, but was completely defeated by the Brazilian group.

The two, who gave up one or two games in a row, lost five consecutive points while leading 8-4 in three games, and eventually went to deuce but lost.

Shin Yu-bin is trying to make up for it in women's doubles. She also reached the final in the women's doubles, where she worked with Japan's Miyu Nagasaki, and will compete with Japan's Miwa Harimoto and Hina Hayata for the championship on the 28th.

In the women's singles, they beat the world's second-ranked Wang Man-yu (China) 21-19 in the round of 16 and lost 1-3.

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