Tokyo: Bhavinaben Patel on Friday scripted historic previous by turning into the indispensable Indian desk tennis player to obtain a medal within the Paralympics after she entered the semifinals with a exquisite straight-sport cling over world quantity 5 Borislava Peric Rankovic of Serbia within the women folk’s singles Class 4 match in Tokyo. The 34-year-worn Indian beat her Serbian opponent 11-5 11-6 11-7 in a quarterfinal match that lasted 18 minutes. She takes on Zhang Miao of China within the semifinals on Saturday but she is guaranteed of on the least a bronze.
There would possibly perchance be not any bronze-medal play-off in Tokyo Paralympics desk tennis, and each dropping semi-finalists are guaranteed of a bronze medal.
“It’s miles obvious that we are able to inquire of a medal from her. The following day morning’s match (semifinal) is an large decider what color of the medal she will be able to cling,” Paralympic Committee of India president Deepa Malik acknowledged in a video posted on her Twitter tackle.
Bhavina and Sakina construct us so proud… And factual ready to inquire of which color medal Bhavina makes confirms a medal …. Tommoro morning match goes to script historic previous and we want to inquire of a brighter color of the medal.. @BhavinaPatel6 we’re so gay with you .. @IndiaSports pic.twitter.com/gb6uzajetM
— Deepa Malik (@DeepaAthlete) August 27, 2021
In 2017, the Global Paralympic Committee (IPC) Governing Board had accredited the Global Table Tennis Federation’s build a matter to to purchase the third-location play-off within the total medal events and award bronze to each the dropping semi-finalists.
Earlier within the day, she had beaten Joyce de Oliveira of Brazil 12-10 13-11, 11-6 in Spherical of 16 to turn into the indispensable Indian desk tennis player to reach the quarterfinals within the Paralympics.
Athletes in Class 4 category like stunning sitting steadiness and fully functional arms and fingers. Their impairment will also very effectively be attributable to a decrease spinal-wire lesion or cerebral palsy.
“I’ll perchance well cling my semifinal match attributable to the relieve of the participants of India. Please withhold supporting me so that I will cling my semifinal match,” Patel acknowledged after the quarterfinal match. She had entered the knock-out spherical after winning one match and dropping the assorted community sport.
Compatriot Sonalben Manubhai Patel had misplaced each her community fits on Thursday and crashed out of the competition.
