Pramod Bhagat, Sukant Kadam won bronze medal in men’s doubles
Hangzhou: Top para shuttlers Pramod Bhagat and Sukant Kadam won bronze medals in the men’s doubles SL3-SL4 category at the ongoing Asian Para Games here on Thursday.
World No. 1 Pramod Bhagat and Sukant Kadam lost to the Indonesian pair of Setiawan Freddy and Dwiyoko in a tight 3-game encounter. The Indians won the first game 22-20 and both the teams were not lagging behind even an inch and were fighting tooth and nail for every point, the second game was also a tough fight and the Indonesian pair won 23-21. Won the game with a score of. Pramod and Sukant could not make a comeback in the deciding game and lost with the score of 12-21. The final score was 22-20, 21-23,12-21.
On the other hand, Sukant lost to Malaysia’s Bin Burhanuddin Mohd Amin in the men’s singles SL4 category. The first game was extremely close and there was little choice between the athletes. The Malaysian player somehow managed to outwit Sukant and win the first game with a score of 23-21 and the second game with a score of 21-9.
In other matches, Suhas LY booked his place in the men’s SL4 final, where he will face Malaysia’s Bin Burhanuddin Mohd Amin. Krishna Nagar defeated Lin Neely of China in the final of SH6 category.
Krishna Nagar and Solaimalai Sivarajan won bronze in the SH6 men’s doubles category, while Nitish Kumar and Tarun reached the finals in the SL3-SL4 category. Chirag and Rajkumar secured their final berth in the men’s doubles SU5 category.
In the women’s category, Murugesan Thulasimathi also reached the singles SU5 final. Manisha Ramdas won bronze medal in SU5 category. On the other hand, Nithya Sri won the bronze medal in SH6 women’s category.
Manasi Joshi and Murugesan Thulasimathi secured their final position in the SL3-SU5 women’s doubles category. Mandeep Kaur and Ramdas Manisha won the bronze medal in the SL3-SU5 women’s doubles category.
–IANS
