Shuttler Bhagat wins, Kohli endures tough day

Pramod Bhagat

World No. 1 shuttler Pramod Bhagat made an impressive start to his campaign in the men's singles competition but young Palak Kohli endured a tough day at the Tokyo Paralympics, here on Wednesday.

Bhagat, the reigning world champion, outwitted fellow Indian Manoj Sarkar 21-10, 21-23, 21-9 in his men's singles group A class SL3 opener that lasted 56 minutes.
Bhagat, 33, who had contracted polio in his childhood, will face Ukraine's Oleksandr Chyrkov on Thursday.

Manoj too will clash with Chyrkov on Friday. Earlier, Kohli had a difficult day in office as she suffered defeats in both her women's singles and mixed doubles matches.

Up against Japan's Ayako Suzuki, a gold medallist at the 2009 World Championships, Kohli, 19, lost 4-21 7-21 in just 19 minutes in a group A women singles class
SU5 match.

Kohli and Bhagat had earlier lost 9-21, 21-15, 19-21 to second seeds Lucas Mazur and Faustine Noel in the mixed doubles group B opener.

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