2021 Paralympics: Paddler Bhavina Patel cruises into the quarterfinals

Indian paddler Bhavina Patel beat Joyce de Oliveira of Brazil in Tokyo. Bhavina 3-0 in the women's singles class 4 Round of 16 match on Friday saw her display some exciting brand of table tennis. She exhibited dominant gameplay to defeat World No. 8 Joyce de Oliveira of Brazil in straight games, 12-10, 13-11, 11-6.

Bhavina made a stunning start to the knockout stage match. She came from behind to win the first game 12-10.

Bhavina was trailing in the second game as well, but once again revived to tie the score at 10-10 and eventually aced it to take a 2-0 lead in the match.The Indian paddler was down 7-10 but saved all three game points to seal the game 13-11.

The Brazilian took an initial three-point lead in the third game, but Bhavina stormed through the rest of the game to win 11-6.

Bhavina Patel defeated Joyce Oliveira 3-0 to move into the quarterfinals of the 2021 Paralympics.

Bhavina Patel advances to the quarterfinals of #ParaTableTennis - Women's Individual C4 category as she defeated Joyce de Oliveira of #BRA in 3-straight games 💪The quarterfinals are scheduled today from 3:50 PM IST#Tokyo2020 #Paralympics #Praise4Para pic.twitter.com/HgFERHMM57

— Sportskeeda India (@Sportskeeda) August 27, 2021

Bhavina Patel will face World No. 2 Serbian Peric Rankovic Borislava in the quarterfinals. She will want to keep her calm and focus on the game like she did against her Brazilian opponent.

#Exclusive @BhavinaPatel6 creates history as she storms into quarterfinal with a smart and focused approachCheck out what she has to say about her QF match scheduled for 3:50 PM (IST) today#Cheer4India #Praise4Para #BhavinaPatel@PMOIndia @ianuragthakur @NisithPramanik pic.twitter.com/VaazWxa2wC

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Bhavina Patel's quarterfinal match details:

Bhavina will be playing her quarterfinals match against defending champion Peric Rankovic Borislava of Serbia later on Friday. Bhavina's match is scheduled for 3:50pm (IST).

Bhavina Patel's compatriot Sonalben bows out:

Sonalben tasted defeat in both her group stage matches and therefore failed to qualify for the knockout matches after losing to South Korea's Lee Mi-gyu on Thursday.

Indian Para table tennis player Sonalben Patel went down fighting against South Korea's Lee Mi-gyu 1-3 in her second Tokyo Paralympic Group D match on Thursday. The result meant she would not qualify for the Round of 16.

Sonalben had earlier suffered a 2-3 defeat against China's Li Qian in her opening Group D match in the women's singles class 3 on Wednesday. The World No. 4 won the five-game stunner (9-11, 11-3, 15-17, 11-7, 11-4) in 36 minutes.