Bhavinaben Patel on Friday turned the primary Indian desk tennis participant to enter the Paralympic quarterfinals with a dominating win over Joyce de Oliveira of Brazil within the girls’s singles Class 4 occasion on the Tokyo Games.
The 34-year-old Indian beat her Brazillian opponent 12-10 13-11, 11-6 in a Round of 16 contest that lasted 23 minutes.
#BhavinaPatel #IND is thru to the quarter finals in Class 4 #TableTennis ! She beat WR 8 Joyce De Oliveira #BRA 3-0 in R16!
FYI, Bhavina makes use of the lengthy pimples rubber on her Backhand. It helps her contact the ball early, push it sooner & at deeper angles!#Paralympics pic.twitter.com/gP58PK4yRl
— Neha Aggarwal Sharma OLY (@nehaaggarwal) August 27, 2021
She will meet Borislava Peric Rankovic of Serbia within the quarterfinals later within the day.
Athletes in Class 4 class have truthful sitting stability and absolutely practical arms and palms. Their impairment could also be as a result of a decrease spinal-cord lesion or cerebral palsy.
“My strategy was to play more towards the body of my opponent and that was what my coach told me. I executed my plans,” Patel stated after the match.
“My next opponent is world number two, so I have to really focus on my game and hope to win the match.”
#Paralympics
Bhavina Patel advances to the quarterfinals of #ParaTableTennis by defeating Oliveira of Brazil 12-10, 13-11 and 11-6
She will play the quarterfinal match at 3:50 PM (IST) right now. (Source: PCI) pic.twitter.com/AGFAVniAja
— Express Sports (@IExpressSports) August 27, 2021
Earlier, the Indian had entered the Round of 16 after profitable one match and shedding the opposite group recreation.
She is the one Indian left within the fray within the desk tennis competitors after compatriot Sonalben Manubhai Patel misplaced each her group matches on Thursday to bow out.
