India’s ace shuttler Pramod Bhagat defeated Ukraine’s Oleksandr Chyrkov in straight sets in the quarter-finals to advance to the semi-finals of the ongoing Para-Badminton World Championship in Tokyo, Japan.
Bhagat, who is on his course to defend his double gold, has reached the semi-finals of singles and men’s doubles of the World Championship. The 30-minute score read 21-17 and 21-19. Bhagat will face Japan’s Daisuke Fujihara in the semi-finals on Saturday.
In men’s doubles, Pramod and his partner Manoj Sarkar defeated South Korea’s Joo Dongjae and Shin Kyung Hwan to top their group and book a spot in the last 4.
The match went into 3 sets with the score line of 21-17, 16 -21 and 21-10. Now the duo will face the French pair Guillaume Gailly and Mathieu Thomas.
Besides, World No 3, Sukant Kadam has also reached the semi-finals in the SL-4 category. Now the shuttler will face Indonesia’s Fredy Setiawan to book a place in the finals
Indian team continued its fine run in the ongoing BWF Para-Badminton Championships in Tokyo on Friday.
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