Earlier, the other women’s singles player in class 3, Sonalben Patel lost to Croatia’s Andela Muzinic Vincetic in the round of 16. In women’s doubles, the pair of Bhavinaben and Sonalben had missed out on securing a medal when they lost to the Korean combination of Young A Jung and Sunghye Moon in the quarter-final stage. Bhavinaben was diagnosed with polio when she was one-year old. She competes in Class 4, which is meant for wheel-chair athletes with functional arms and hands.

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