Ahmedabad: Bhavina Patel became one of the most decorated athletes on Saturday when he stormed into the final of the 4th grade women’s table tennis in Tokyo Paralympics by beating the world number three Zhang Miao.
When he continued the journey of perseverance in Tokyo, he had brought victory to his country not famous for his athletic superiority.
Among the exctatic fans were Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who tweeted, “Congratulations Bhavina Patel! You play very well.
The whole nation prays for your success and will cheer for you tomorrow.” All countries are waiting with bated breaths to clash blockbuster days Sunday when Bhavina took world number one Ying Zhou for a gold medal.
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Bhavina’s parents holding his illustration in Sundhiya Village in the Mehsana District of Vadnagar Talukaearly on Saturday morning, long before most India awakened, Bhavinaben produced a superlative performance to overthrow Zhang in the five Tokyo Paralympics and Storm matches to the final.
The 34-year-old India won 7-11.11-711-4, 9-11.11-8.
The victory gave Indians not only shot a gold medal, but also to set a direct record to the world No.1, Ying Zhou, who was the only player who had defeated him in Tokyo.
In the opening group match, Zhou had defeated him 11-3, 11-9, 11-2.
After his victory, Bhavina, who suffered a disability in childhood, said: “I only give me 100% mentally for the final.” Her husband Nikul Patel, who accompanied him as part of the group, said, “The last two matches It has been incredible.
We can’t describe it with words.
The way Bhavina puts his opponents, their coaches under pressure are extraordinary, and the cool way where he has played augurs well for the final.
“He said that from a time The player took a table tennis racket in India, he put into his mind that it was impossible to defeat China, but Bhavina had shown that Chinese players could be defeated.
“Today we show that Chinese table tennis players are unbeatable.
If we play with our strength and remain calm under pressure, nothing is impossible,” he said, talking about his wife’s achievements.
His coach Lallan Doshi also praised his resilience.
“Even when he was left behind, he played well, trusted his shot and made a comeback to win the match.
The idea was locking forehand zhang.
We succeeded in that and get points through shots on backhand and extreme forehand.
This victory will help him a lot in the final.
“In the semifinal opening game, Bhavina ran to position 3-0 before Zhang made a comeback and bagged the first match 11-7.
The Paddler of Vadnagar in North Mehsana District Gujarat refused to be jammed and made an extraordinary comeback to take the second and third games each of them 11-7 and 11-4 respectively.
In the tight fourth game, which descended the wire, the Chinese Paddler held his nerves to pocket him 11-9.
The instructions watched the battle looked at the forging Indian forward 5-0 before the Chinese against returning to 7-7.
Bhavina then lifted her game and wrapped around 11-8 to give her to shoot a gold medal.