Shin Yu-bin, the ace of Korean women's table tennis, defeated a Chinese-born German player to advance to the quarterfinals of the 2026 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Cup.
Shin, ranked 13th in the world, claimed a dominant 4-0 victory (11-9, 11-9, 11-7, 14-12) over world No. 20 Han Ying of Germany in the women's singles round of 16 on Saturday in Macau, China.
After securing a relatively comfortable win in the round of 16, Shin will face world No. 3 Chen Xingtong of China in the quarterfinals.
Chen, a 28-year-old veteran, is a proven competitor who won the 2025 World Table Tennis (WTT) Champions Yokohama title.
Shin carries special determination heading into the match against Chen. She has been eager to avenge a crushing 0-4 defeat to Chen at the round of 16 in this same tournament last year.
The ITTF World Cup is considered one of table tennis's three major tournaments alongside the Olympics and the World Championships. The event features the top 48 ranked players in both men's and women's categories, with only singles matches and no doubles. Shin topped Group 10 in the group stage — where 48 players were divided into 16 groups of three — by defeating Linda Bergstrom of Sweden (world No. 62) and Zeng Jian of Singapore (world No. 34) before dispatching Han Ying to secure her quarterfinal berth.