Bhavina Patel assures medal for India as she enters semis!
India"s table tennis star, Bhavina Patel, has entered the semifinal of Class 4 women"s singles at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics.
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Tokyo, Aug 27: India's table tennis star, Bhavina Patel, has entered the semifinal of Class 4 women's singles at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics. The 34-year-old from Gujarat caused a huge upset defeating the reigning Paralympic Champion Borislava Peric of Serbia 3-0 in straight games.
Bhavina went out all guns right from the start, as she pocketed the first game 11-5 in just five minutes. While the Serbian did try her best to pull things back, Bhavina latched on to whatever little chances she had to finish off the match 11-5, 11-6, 11-7 in just 18 minutes.
A stellar match @BhavinaPatel6!! 🤩 Not only have you made history by becoming 1st #IND woman to reach @Paralympics #TableTennis semifinal, you did this at your maiden Games defeating an experienced #Paralympics medalist & World no. 2!! Keep this momentum going 🎉🤩 #Praise4Para https://t.co/YlFVxQhSSw
— Paralympic India 🇮🇳 (@ParalympicIndia) August 27, 2021
This was a historic win from Bhavina Patel, as she not only defeated a much stronger world number 2 rather easily but also became the first Indian table tennis star to enter the semifinals of the Paralympics.
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She became emotinal after the historic win against the World No. 2. She had lost her opening match but later won all the next three matches consecutively. She will be playing her semi-finals tomorrow.