: Tokyo Paralympics, table tennis: India’s Bhavina Patel wins thriller to progress to knockout stage #IndiaNEWS India’s Bhavinaben Patel progressed to the knockout stages in the women’s singles

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Tokyo Paralympics, table tennis: India’s Bhavina Patel wins thriller to progress to knockout stage #IndiaNEWS
India’s Bhavinaben Patel progressed to the knockout stages in the women’s singles Class 4 table tennis event with a hard-fought 3-1 victory over Great Britain’s Megan Shackleton at the Tokyo Paralympics on Thursday. The 34-year-old Indian (ranked 12) dispatched Shackleton, the world No 9, 11-7 9-11 17-15 13-11 in contest that lasted 41 minutes. She will face Brazil’s world No 8 Joyce de Oliviera on Friday morning in the round of 16. Should she win, her quarterfinal opponent is defending champion Rankovic Peric of Serbia.Competing in the must-win, winner-takes-all match, the Indian started on a dominant note, clinching the first game in just eight minutes but Shackleton made a strong recovery to take the second. With the fixture poised at 1-1, the two paddlers fought toe-to-toe in the next two games with the Indian coming on top at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. The third game was especially brutal with the Indian winning it 17-15 after a see-saw battle. In the fourth game, Patel came back from 7-10 down when it looked like a decider was imminent and won four straight points. She eventually sealed the deal 13-11. This was Patel’s first win in the tournament after she lost 0-3 by world number...Read more

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