Tokyo: Indian paddler Bhavinaben Patel advancec into the Round of 16 in the women’s singles Class 4 table tennis event here on Thursday.
Bhavinaben defeated Great Britain’s Megan Shackleton with 3-1 scoreline in just 41 minutes.
With the fixture poised at 1-1, the two paddlers fought toe-to-toe in the next two games with the Indian coming on top at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
This was Patel’s first win in the tournament as she was blanked 0-3 by world number one Chinese paddler Zhou Ying in the opening round on Wednesday.
Patel has three points from two games and moves to the knockout round along with table leader Ying.
