(Table Tennis news) Paralympic live update: The Tokyo Paralympic campaign took off today as India’s Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel stumbled in her opening match to double Paralympic champion Zhou Ying in Group A Women’s singles class 4. Ying from China was quick right from the start and closed the match in three games. Bhavina did fight back in the second game but could not sustain her momentum as she lost the match in under 20 minutes.
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The first game even had a 13 shot rally as the Ying blazed past Bhavina in 5 minutes to take the game 11-3. In the second game, Bhavina put up a brave fight and at one point was leading 5-6 but she could not hold the former double Gold medallist for too long as the game ended with scores reading 11-9. In the third game Ying did not leave any chance for Bhavina to capitalize as she took the final game as Bhavina could only muster 2 points.
