Para Asian Games gold medalist and Bharat’s most
decorated badminton star Pramod Bhagat continued his good runs securing a gold
in SL3 single category at the recently concluded Hulic Daihatsu Japan Para
Badminton International 2023.
The ace shuttler defeated his counterpart Manoj Sarkar
in straight sets. Bhagat started the match really well taking the first set
quickly with a score line of 21-16, in the second game Manoj came back strongly
but Pramod had all the answers to the challenges put forth by Manoj.
Pramod took the second set 21-19, the match lasted 38
minutes and the final score read 21-16, 21-19. Indian shuttler Tarun secured a
bronze in the same category after going down in the semifinal.
In the mixed doubles Pramod Bhagat and Manisha Ramdass
went down to Chinese Pair of Yang Jianyuan and Yang Qiu Xia in a tough
3-setter, the final score read 21-14, 15-21 and 21-16 in favour of the Chinese
squad.
On the other hand, Sukant Kadam went down to Malaysia’s
Mohd Amin Burhanuddin in the semi-finals to secure a bronze medal in the
singles Sl4 category, even Tarun secured a bronze in the same category.
Nehal Gupta and Naveen Sivakumar also won gold for
India in the men’s doubles SL3-SL4 division, defeating compatriots Deep Ranjan
Bisoyee and Manoj Sarkar in the final 21-19, 18-21, 21-17.
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