India at Tokyo Paralympics-Pramod Bhagat into semi-finals: Indian shuttler Pramod Bhagat on Thursday stormed into the semi-finals of the men’s singles SL3 after defeating Chyrkov Oleksandr of Ukraine in the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics.
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India at Tokyo Paralympics-Pramod Bhagat into semi-finals: Bhagat set the tone early in the game and defeated Oleksandr in two straight sets to seal the match in 26 minutes. Bhagat got off to a good start and maintained his lead to seal the first game 21-12. The Indian shuttler continued his fine form and won the second essay 21-19.
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On Wednesday, in an all-Indian affair, Bhagat defeated Manoj Sarkar in the Group Play Stage – Group A.
Earlier in the day, Krishna Nagar, Tarun Dhillon and Suhas L Yathiraj began their Tokyo Paralympics campaign with wins. While, Krishna defeated Malaysia’s Didin Taresoh in straight sets and completed the men’s singles SH6 – Group B match in 32 minutes, Noida District Magistrate and para-badminton player Suhas defeated Jan Niklas Pott of Germany 21-9, 21-3.
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Tarun also started the game on high and continued his winning momentum to complete the victory in 23 minutes after clinching the first two sets.
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India at Tokyo Paralympics-Pramod Bhagat into semi-finals: Also, shuttler Palak Kohli won her second Group A match in women’s singles SU5. Palak defeated Zehra Baglar 2-0 (21-12, 21- 18). At the start of the day shuttlers, Palak and Parul Parmar had gone down 0-2 against second-seeded Huihui MA and Hefang Cheng of China in their first Group B match
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