Krishna Nagar gave India it’s fifth trophy at the Tokyo Paralympic Games with a hard-fought convert Hong Kong’s Chu Man Kai within the final of the men’s singles (SH6) event on Sunday. This was the second trophy for India in badminton in Tokyo after Pramod Bhagat won the men’s singles title within the SL3 event on Saturday. Krishna Nagar produced yet one more fine showing to win the ultimate 21-17, 16-21, 21-17 during a match lasting a complete of 43 minutes.
Having blown away Great Britain’s Krysten Coombs within the semi-finals, the second-seeded Indian went into the ultimate because the hot favourite However, Krishna Nagar did not have it all his way within the final against his opponent from Hong Kong .
He started the primary game on the front foot but Chu Man Kai was always close behind and therefore the Hong Kong shuttler went into the mid-game interval holding a slender lead With Nagar making too many unenforced errors, Chu Man Kai soon opened a 16-11 lead. But the Indian came storming back and made it 15-16, only trailing by some extent .
Nagar lost only one more point within the first game as he trailed 15-17. From then on in, he won six points during a row to go away his opponent shell-shocked and take the primary game 21-17 The second game was quite almost like the primary with Chu Man Kai holding the advantage, leading 11-7 within the mid-break interval.
He made it 17-13 and this point there was no comeback from the Indian because the Hong Kong shuttler won the second game quite convincingly to send the ultimate into a decider Krishna Nagar came out all guns blazing within the third and final game and sped to a 5-1 lead. Chu Man Kai managed to chop the Indian’s lead right down to two points but at the mid-game interval, Krishna Nagar held a 11-7 advantage.
Leading 13-8, Krishna Nagar had a cushty lead and it seemed he would win the decider at a canter but Chu Man Kai had other ideas The Hong Kong shuttler made a fine comeback and drew level at 13-13. With Nagar holding a slender one point lead at 17-16, it had been still anyone’s game but the Indian once more upped the ante when it had been most needed to open up a 20-16 lead Chu Man Kai won another point but Krishna Nagar made sure there was no late fightback to secure the gold for India.