Paris Paralympics 2024: Suhas Yathiraj And Sukant Kadam Begin Singles Campaigns With Victories
Suhas Yathiraj faced mixed results in his Paralympic badminton debut, while Sukant Kadam secured a crucial opening match victory.
New Delhi: Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj skilled a blended day, when Sukant Kadam secured a win in his opening crew stage organic on the first day of badminton competitions at the Paralympic Games on Thursday.
Yathiraj, an IAS officer from the 2007 Uttar Pradesh cadre who has served as District Magistrate of Gautam Buddha Nagar and Prayagraj, started his day with a loss within the Mixed Doubles SL3-SU 5 match. Partnering with Palak Kohli, he turned defeated by making use of fellow Indians Nitesh Kumar and Thulasimathi Murugesan with scores of zero-2 (14-21, 17-21) at Court docket 4 of La Chapelle Nearby in Paris.
Kyung Hwan Shin of South Korea completes the preliminary lineup in Team A alongside Yathiraj. To develop to the semifinals, Yathiraj will should good a victory against the Korean, as in principal terms the crew winners development.
In the SL4 sort, India’s Sukant Kadam and Tarun Dhillon also started sturdy, triumphing their opening matches of their respective businesses. Yathiraj, who is largely the most acceptable seed in his sort, will should retailer his model to make constructive improvement.
In Team B, Sukant Kadam started his advertising and marketing campaign with a posh-fought victory over fourth seed Mohd Amin Burhanuddin of Malaysia, triumphing 2-1 (17-21, 21-15, 22-20) in a sixty one-minute wrestle. Thailand’s Siripong Teamarrom is likewise within the crew.
In Team D, 30-year-old Tarun Dhillon secured a win against Brazil’s Rogerio Junior Xavier de Oliveira, 2-zero (21-17, 21-19). Dhillon, who competed within the Tokyo Paralympics devoid of securing a medal, aims for a elevated sturdy showing this time.
India faced challenges within the Adult females’s Singles SL3 sort, as equally Manasi Joshi and Mandeep Kaur misplaced their opening matches. Manasi Joshi, making her Paralympic debut in Paris, fell to most acceptable seed Qonitah Ikhtiar Syakuroh of Indonesia in a shut contest, 1-2 (21-sixteen, 13-21, 18-21). Ukraine’s Oksana Kozyna is likewise in her crew.
In the Mixed Doubles SH6 sort, India’s Sivarajan Solaimalai and Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan misplaced their opening organic to the American duo of Miles Krajewski and Simon Jayci, zero-2 (21-23, 11-21). The Indian pair will should defeat the 0.33 pair of their crew, Natthapong Meechai, to develop, as two pairs from every crew qualify for the semifinals.
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