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Bhavina Patel and Indian Paddlers Make Winning Start at Asian Para Games
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News18•16-10-2026, 12:15
Bhavina Patel and Indian Paddlers Make Winning Start at Asian Para Games
- •Tokyo Paralympics silver medallist Bhavina Patel began her Asian Para Games campaign with a dominant 3-0 victory over Kuwait's Ahad Alrasheedi in the women's singles Class 4-5 Group A match.
- •Baby Sahana Ravi secured a comfortable 3-0 win against Vietnam's Thi Hoa Phuong Nguyen in her women's singles Class 9 Group B encounter.
- •Shubham Wadhwa triumphed over Nepal's Keshav Thapa 3-0 in his opening men's singles Class 3 group match.
- •In an all-Indian clash, Jehan Madan defeated compatriot Sandeep Dangi 3-1 in the men's singles Class 1 group match.
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Tokyo Paralympics silver medallist Bhavina Patel secured a comfortable 3-0 victory over Kuwait’s Ahad Alrasheedi in the women's singles Class 4-5 Group A match at the Asian Para Games in Nagoya. She won the sets 11-6, 11-3, and 11-6 to make a winning start to her campaign.
Tokyo Paralympic gold medallist shuttler Pramod Bhagat and Commonwealth Games gold medallist paddler Bhavina Patel were named as India's flag bearers for the opening ceremony of the fifth edition of the Asian Para Games.
Defending champion and two-time Paralympics silver-medallist Suhas LY began his men's singles SL4 Group E campaign with a resounding straight-game victory over Bangladesh’s Joytu Dhar, winning 21-8 21-11.
