TT: Bhavinaben advances; Sonalben bows out

Bhavinaben Patel celebrates her win yesterday. Pic/PTI

India's Bhavinaben Patel progressed to the Round-of-16 in the women's singles Class 4 table tennis event with a hard-fought 3-1 victory over Great Britain's Megan Shackleton at the Tokyo Paralympics here on Thursday.

The Indian dispatched the World No. 9, 11-7, 9-11, 17-15, 13-11 in a contest that lasted 41 minutes. The other Indian in the fray, Sonalben Manubhai Patel, however, ended her campaign after losing 12-10, 5-11, 3-11, 9-11 to MG Lee of Korea in her second women's singles Class 3 group match. She had lost her first group match on Wednesday.

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