Tokyo Paralympics: Bhavinaben Patel defeated Joyce de Oliviera in straight video games on Friday.© Twitter
India’s para desk tennis participant Bhavinaben Patel on Friday certified for the quarterfinals of the Tokyo Paralympics after a scintillating 3-0 win over Joyce de Oliviera of Brazil in her Class 4 Spherical of 16 match. Bhavinaben defeated Joyce in three straight video games 3-0 (12-10, 13-11, 11-6) to clinch victory and transfer into the following spherical. Joyce began the sport on a excessive as she took a lead however Bhavina got here again strongly to avoid wasting a sport level and take the primary set 12-10.
The Indian paddler continued to dominate the match and took the second sport 13-11 in opposition to the Brazilian. Bhavinaben was trailing at one level with a rating of 7-10 and saved all three sport factors to seal the sport 13-11.
Within the third essay, Bhavinaben got here again from 0-3 to seal the sport 11-6 and transfer into the quarter-finals with a 3-0 win.
Bhavinaben had defeated Megan Shackleton of Nice Britain 3-1 in an exciting match on Thursday.
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Additionally, India’s para desk tennis participant Sonalben Patel misplaced in opposition to Lee Mi-gyu of South Korea in Group D of ladies’s singles — Class 3 on Thursday.
Mi-gyu defeated Sonalben 3-1 (10-12, 11-5, 11-3, 11-9) and your entire match lasted for simply half-hour.
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