Para Asiad: Bhavina-Subham Pair Signs Off With Bronze in Mixed Doubles TT
Bhavina and Subham had defeated the Japanese pair 11-9, 11-3, 11-6 to enter the semifinals
Nagoya: India's Bhavina Patel and Subham Wadhwa signed off with a bronze medal in the mixed doubles XD7 table tennis competition at the Asian Para Games after losing to South Korea's Jang Yeongjin and Lee Migyu in the semifinals here on Thursday. The Indian pair went down 6-11, 11-8, 5-11, 8-11 in the last-four clash after being assured of a medal with a straight-game win over Japan's Kimie Bessho and Masanori Uno in the quarterfinals.
Bhavina and Subham had defeated the Japanese pair 11-9, 11-3, 11-6 to enter the semifinals.
In other results, Dattaprasad Chougule and Savita suffered a 2-3 defeat to the Philippines' Wilfred Redulla and Manginsay Lhey in the mixed doubles XD17 quarterfinal despite winning the first two games. They lost 11-9, 11-9, 2-11, 6-11, 5-11.
The XD7 pairing typically draws from athletes categorised in who have moderate sitting balance and are wheelchair-bound.
The XD17 event generally features standing players with physical impairments of legs and arms from classes 6 through to 10.