Noida District Magistrate and Para-Badminton player Suhas L. Yetiraj defeated Indonesia’s Suhas Harry in the second match of the men’s singles SL4-Group A of the Tokyo Paralympics on Friday.
Suhas, who became the country’s first civil servant to represent India at the Tokyo Paralympics, won 21-6, 21-12 in just 19 minutes.
Suhas got off to a good start and won his opening game 21-6. Confident, Suhas continued his fine form and took an early lead in the second game.
Suhas dominated his first match as well and finished the match in 19 minutes with a straight sets win.
On Thursday, shuttler Pramod Bhagat defeated Chirkov Oleksandr of Ukraine to enter the semi-finals of the men’s singles SL3.
Bhagat set the tone early in the game and defeated Alexander in two straight sets to seal the match in 26 minutes.
Bhagat started well and maintained his lead to win the first game 21-12. The Indian shuttler continued his fine form and won the second essay 21-19.
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