Nithya Sre in quarters, Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Krishna eliminated

Indian para-shuttler Nithya Sre moved to the knockout stages of the women’s singles competition at the ongoing Paris Paralympics on Sunday.

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Nithya, placed in the SH6 women’s competition category in Group A, lost to China’s Lin Shuangbao by 2022, 18-21 within two games in a closely fought match. However, due to her securing wins in her previous group stage matches, Nithya ended the first stage with two wins and a loss, giving her a more than enough total of four points to reach the quarterfinals.

However, in the men’s singles competition, Sivarajan Solaimalai lost to Krysten Coombs of Great Britain. Placed in Group A of the SH6 category of players, Sivarajan lost by 12-21, 10-21, ending his poor run in the tournament in which he lost all three of his groupstage games.