Para Asiad: Bhavina Patel, Subham Wadhwa Settle For Bronze After Semifinal Heartbreak

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India's Bhavina Patel and Subham Wadhwa signed off with a bronze medal in the mixed doubles XD7 table tennis competition at the Asian Para Games after losing to South Korea's Jang Yeongjin and Lee Migyu in the semifinals on Thursday. The Indian pair went down 6-11, 11-8, 5-11, 8-11 in the last-four clash after being assured of a medal with a straight-games win over Japan's Kimie Bessho and Masanori Uno in the quarterfinals. Bhavina and Subham had defeated the Japanese pair 11-9, 11-3, 11-6 to enter the semifinals.

In other results, Dattaprasad Chougule and Savita suffered a 2-3 defeat to the Philippines' Wilfred Redulla and Manginsay Lhey in the mixed doubles XD17 quarterfinals despite winning the first two games. They lost 11-9, 11-9, 2-11, 6-11, 5-11.

The XD7 pairing typically draws from athletes categorised as having moderate sitting balance and who are wheelchair-bound.

The XD17 event generally features standing players with physical impairments of the legs and arms from Classes 6 to 10.

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