: Paralympics: Odisha’s Bhagat enter semifinals; Suhas, Krishna and Tarun also win, mixed day for Kohli #IndiaNEWS #Olympics 2021 Tokyo: World No. 1 Pramod Bhagat sailed into the mens singles semifinals

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Paralympics: Odisha’s Bhagat enter semifinals; Suhas, Krishna and Tarun also win, mixed day for Kohli #IndiaNEWS #Olympics 2021
Tokyo: World No. 1 Pramod Bhagat sailed into the mens singles semifinals after beating Ukraines Oleksandr Chyrkov in his second group A match of the Tokyo Paralympics badminton event here Thursday as the countrys shuttlers expectedly produced strong performances.
The 33-year-old Bhagat, also a reigning world champion, saw off Chyrkob 21-12 21-9 in 26 minutes to top his group and enter the last four in class SL3.
I was in the groove today and played really well. Oleksandr Chyrkov is a good player and played some good strokes in the match. I am very happy that I have reached the semi-finals, Bhagat said.
Things are going to be tough from here as the knock out stages start. My focus is on one match at a time and also the last league game of the mixed doubles which is a do-or-die situation for us.
Bhagat and Palak Kohli will play Siripong Teamarrom and Nipada Saensupa in mixed doubles class SL3-SU5 Friday.
Other Indian shuttlers, including Suhas Yathiraj, Tarun Dhillon and Krishna Nagar also had a good day in office as they opened their mens singles campaign impressively.
While Suhas and Tarun notched up easy victories over Germanys Jan Niklas Pott and Thailands Siripong Teamarrom in SL4 class respectively, second seed Krishna outwitted Malaysias Taresoh Didin in SH6 class.
Young Palak also overcame Turkeys Zehra Baglar in her second womens singles match of group A.
The 38-year-old Suhas took just 19 minutes to see off Pott 21-9 21-3 in a lopsided group A clash, while Tarun, 27, too didnt break a sweat, beating Teamarrom 21-7 21-13 in a group B match that lasted 23 minutes.
Krishna then prevailed 22-20 21-10 over Didin in a 33-minute group B match.
While Suhas will face Indonesias Hary Susanto and then Frances top seed Lucas Mazur on Friday, second seeded Tarun will be up against Koreas Shin Kyung Hwan and Indonesias Fredy Setiawan.
The 22-year-old Krishna will take on Brazils Vitor Goncalves Tavares Friday.
Suhas, who has an impairment in one of his ankles, has been at the forefront in the fight against COVID-19 menace as the district magistrate of Gautam Buddh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh.
Tarun, on the other hand, had sustained a severe knee injury while playing football at the age of eight, which resulted in restricted knee movement. He is the current world no. 2 and a former two-time world champion.
Krishna, who has a short-stature impairment, is the world no 2 in SH6. He has won bronze and silver at 2019 World Championships in singles and doubles.
In SL classification, persons with standing/lower limb impairment/severe are allowed to compete, while SU refers to athletes with upper limb impairment.
In womens singles class SU5 class, Kohli beat Zehra 21-12 21-18 in 27 minutes.

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