South Korea has won a silver medal in the women’s team event at the 2021 Asian Table Tennis Championships. 

The Korean trio of Shin Yu-bin, Jeon Ji-hee and Lee Si-on secured the silver after losing to Japan 0-3 at the event held in Qatar on Thursday. 

The performance was the best by women table tennis players since a silver medal in the same event at the 2005 Asian Table Tennis Championships on Jeju Island. 

The feat was all the more valuable as South Korea had failed to grab any medals in the event at the Tokyo Olympics. 

On Friday, the national men’s team will face India in the semifinals. If the team wins the match, it will compete for the gold medal on Saturday with the winner of a match between Japan and Taiwan.