Paralympic champion Pramod Bhagat won two gold medals at the Bahrain Para Badminton International tournament in Manama on Saturday. Bhagat received a walkover from arch-rivals Daniel Bethel of England in the men’s singles SL3 final while he teamed up with Manisha Ramdas to beat Thailand’s Sirpong Timarom and Saensupa Nipada 21-4 21-11 in the mixed doubles SL3-SU5 final. did.
World number one Bhagat had registered a 21-16 21-14 win over compatriot and Paralympic bronze medalist Manoj Sarkar in the SL3 semi-finals. Tarun Dhillon also won the gold medal in the men’s singles SL-4 final. He defeated Korea’s Shin Kyung Hwan 21-9 21-9 in the final. In the semi-finals, he defeated Thailand’s Sirpong Timarom 21-14, 21-15.
Mandeep had to be content with Rajat
In women’s singles, Mandeep Kaur (SL3) had to settle for a silver medal after losing 5-21 17-21 to Haliye Yildiz in the final. She had upset top seed and compatriot Mansi Joshi 21-18 21-14 in the semi-finals.
In these matches, the medal of the Indians is confirmed.
In other matches, Dhillon and Nitesh Kumar won the men’s doubles SL3-SH4 semi-finals and will face Thailand’s Mongjon Bunsun and Siripong Timarom in the final. The Indian pair defeated Korea’s Hwan and Joo Dongjae 21-18 21-18 in straight games in the last four.
In the women’s event, Ramdas (SU5) and Mandeep Kaur (SL3) made it to the women’s doubles final, where the Indian pair will face Paralympic pair of Palak Kohli and Parul Parmar. However, Parmar lost 5-21 18-21 to Halime Yildiz of Turkey in the women’s singles SL3 semi-final.
Other Indians who reached the final included Nitya Sumati Sivan, who prevailed over Thailand’s Chai Sayang 21-13 21-18 in the women’s singles SH6 semi-final. Chirag Baretha and Raj Kumar advanced to the men’s doubles SU5 event and Dhinagaran Pandurangan and Sivarajan Soloimalai advanced to the SH6 final.
