Tokyo: Ace Indian Paddler Bhavinaben Patel advanced to the round of 16 at the Table Tennis Grade 4 Singles Women with a 3-1 victory that struggled with Megan Shackleton in the United Kingdom at The Tokyo Paralympics here on Thursday.
34-year-old Indian Sends Shackleton, World No.
9, 11-7 9-11 17-15 13-11 in a contest that lasts 41 minutes.
Compete in the DO-OR-Die match, the world no.
12 India began with the dominant record, won the first match in just eight minutes but Shackleton made a strong recovery to take the second.
With a quiet fixture at 1-1, the two Paddler struggled to the foot in the next two matches with India came above at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
This was Patel’s first victory in the tournament because he was empty 0-3 by Zhou Ying’s Chinese Paddler in the opening round on Wednesday.
Patel has three points from two matches and moved to the knockout system along with the Ying table leader.
Athletes in the class 4 category have a fair sitting balance and full-functional arms and hands.
Their interference might be caused by lower spinal lesions or cerebral palsy.