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Krishna Nagar gave India it’s fifth gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games with a hard-battled prevail upon Hong Kong’s Chu Man Kai in the final of the men’s singles SH6 event on Sunday.
This was the second gold medal for India in badminton in Tokyo after Pramod Bhagat won the men’s singles title in the SL3 occasion on Saturday. Krishna Nagar delivered one more fine appearance to win the last 21-17, 16-21, 21-17 in a match enduring an aggregate of 43 minutes.
Having blown away Great Britain’s Krysten Coombs in the semi-finals, the second-cultivated Indian went into the last as the hot top choice. Nonetheless, Krishna Nagar didn’t have it all his way in the last against his rival from Hong Kong.
He began the main game on the front foot however Chu Man Kai was in every case not far behind and the Hong Kong shuttler went into the mid-game stretch holding a slim lead.
With Nagar making such a large number of unenforced errors, Chu Man Kai before long opened a 16-11 lead. However, the Indian returned raging and made it 15-16, just following by a point.
He lost only another point in the first game as he followed 15-17. From that point on in, he won six focuses straight to leave his rival shell-stunned and take the first game 21-17.
The subsequent game was very like the first with Chu Man Kai holding the benefit, driving 11-7 in the mid-break interval.
He made it 17-13 and this time there was no rebound from the Indian as the Hong Kong shuttler dominated the subsequent match convincingly to send the last into a decider.
Krishna Nagar came out all weapons blasting in the third and last game and sped to a 5-1 lead. Chu Man Kai figured out how to chop the Indian’s lead down to two points yet at the mid-game interval, Krishna Nagar held a 11-7 benefit.
Driving 13-8, Krishna Nagar had an agreeable lead and it appeared he would win the decider slow and steady however Chu Man Kai had different thoughts.
The Hong Kong shuttler made a fine rebound and drew level at 13-13. With Nagar holding a slim noteworthy lead at 17-16, it was as yet anybody’s down yet the Indian by and by raised the stakes when it was generally expected to open up a 20-16 lead.
Chu Man Kai won another point yet Krishna Nagar ensured there was no late fightback to get the gold for India.
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