Nitesh his dominance with a 21-16 21-12 win over Fujihara in a 48-minute semifinal.© X (Twitter)
Top-seeded Indian shuttler Nitesh Kumar secured a medal in males’s singles SL3 class after a commanding straight-game win over Japan’s Daisuke Fujihara within the semifinals on the Paris Paralympics on Sunday. The 29-year-old Nitesh, who overcame everlasting leg injury from a 2009 accident, confirmed his dominance with a 21-16 21-12 win over Fujihara in a 48-minute semifinal. The IIT Mandi graduate thus ensured that India return with a medal from the SL3 class, after Pramod Bhagat clinched the gold when para badminton made its debut three years in the past in Tokyo.
SL3 class gamers, like Nitesh, compete with extra extreme decrease limb disabilities, requiring play on a half-width court docket.
In the summit conflict, Nitesh will face Great Britain’s Daniel Bethell, who beat Thailand’s Bunsun Mongkhon 21-7, 21-9 within the different semifinal.
Bethell, who was the runner-up to Pramod Bhagat within the Tokyo Paralympics, is a formidable opponent, setting the stage for an electrifying ultimate on Monday.
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