Bhavina Patel continued to script history as she became the primary Indian to enter the ultimate of a Ping-Pong event within the Paralympics with a hard-fought 3-2 convert China’s Miao Zhang during a class 4 semifinal here on August 28.
The 34-year-old Patel beat her world no. 3 Chinese opponent 7-11, 11-7, 11-4, 9-11, and 11-8 within the semifinal showdown that lasted 34 minutes She will combat world favorite Chinese paddler Ying Zhou within the summit clash on August 29 Competing in her maiden Paralympics, Patel lost the opening game during a tight contest. But, she made a robust recovery, claiming subsequent two games.
In the fourth game, Zhang showed her class not giving Patel the bragging rights just yet because the match headed into the decider In the deciding fifth game, Patel took a outing after which she notched up the win In the quarterfinal on Friday, Patel had defeated 2016 Rio Paralympics gold winner and world number two Borislava Peric Rankovic of Serbia to clinch a medal and script history.
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