Tokyo Paralympic: Bhavinaben creates history, confirms India’s first medal in Paralympics
She is the first Indian table tennis player to reach the semi-finals.
New Delhi: Big good news came out of the Tokyo Paralympic Games on Friday. Bhavinaben Patel created history by reaching the semi-finals of the Paralympics here.
By becoming the first Indian table tennis player to reach the semi-finals, she ensured a medal in the women’s singles class four category of the Tokyo Games.
Medal confirmed as soon as they reach the semi-finals
She registered an impressive win over world ranked fifth-ranked player Borislava Perich Rankovi in the quarterfinals. The 34-year-old Indian player defeated the Serbian player 11-5 11-6 11-7 in a match that lasted 18 minutes.
Clash with chinese player in semi final
She will face China’s Zhang Miao in the semi-finals but her medal was confirmed as she reached the last four.
There will be no bronze medal play-off match in Tokyo Paralympic table tennis and both the semi-final losers will get bronze medals.
Celebrate with everyone
Indian Paralympic Committee President Deepa Malik said in a video released on Twitter that it is certain that we will see her win a medal. Tomorrow morning’s match (semi-final) will decide which color medal she will win.
The Steering Committee of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) accepted a request from the International Table Tennis Federation in 2017 to remove the third-place play-offs in all medal events and to award bronze medals to both the losing semi-finalists. had gone.
The drought of medals will end
Earlier in the day, she became the first table tennis player from India to reach the Paralympic quarter-finals. She registered a 12-10, 13-11, 11-6 win over Brazil’s Joyce de Oliveira in the pre-quarterfinals.
She said after the quarter-final match that I could win my quarter-final match because of the support of the people of India. Please keep supporting me so that I can win my semifinal match too. Earlier, India’s table tennis player Sonalben Manubhai Patel was out after losing both the group matches.
