19 year-old South Korean, Shin Yubin has expressed readiness to defend her title in the World Table Tennis, WTT Contender Lagos, she won in 2023, when hostilities serves off for this year’s edition.
The teenage sensation cannot wait to compete again at the 2024 WTT Contender Lagos from 19th to 23rd June at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium.
The three-time WTT Contender Champion was the only player who halted the Chinese dominance in Lagos last year when she beat Chinese star, Li Yake 4-2 in the women’s singles final, while her partnership with compatriot, Jeon Jihee ensured she left Nigeria with two titles after defeating the Chinese duo of Liu Weishan and Fan Siqi 3-1 in the women’s doubles finals for Korea to dominate the women’s events.
The world number 7 admitted that she enjoyed her stay in Lagos, and she is hoping to have such an experience again this year.
Meanwhile, the organizers of the first WTT Series in Sub-Saharan Africa have promised to stage another colourful tournament with the quality of players coming to Lagos later this month for the 80,000 dollars prize money tournament
