Paralympics 2024: Bhavina-Sonalben lose in para table tennis women’s doubles 10 quarterfinal

Bhavina Patel and Sonalben Patel lost 1-3 in the para table tennis women’s doubles 10 quarterfinal at Paris Paralympics 2024 on Friday.

Bhavinaben Patel of India and Sonalben Patel of India in action during their match against Jung Young-a of South Korea and Moon Sung-hye of South Korea | Photo Credit: REUTERS

Bhavina Patel and Sonalben Patel lost 1-3 in the quarterfinal of para table tennis women’s doubles 10 at Paris Paralympics 2024 on Friday. The final score read 5-11, 6-11, 11-9, 6-11.

They faced South Korea’s Jung Young A and Moon Sunghye, who defeated the duo in 39 minutes.

The pair lost the first two games in succession - after going down 5-11 in the first game, they started the second game strong but couldn’t hold on, losing 6-11.

Bhavina — who won a silver medal in the class 4 category at the Tokyo Paralympics — and her partner Sonalben took the lead in the third game and held on brilliantly to win it 11-9.

However, they faced a tough challenge in the fourth game and couldn’t find form to beat the South Koreans who took the fourth game 11-6.