Asian Para Games: Suhas Yathiraj, Krishna Nagar, Bhavina Patel start with wins- Highlights

Tune in tomorrow as the action continues in Para Badminton and Para Table Tennis, while the Indian Boccia players begin their group stage action.

Manasi Joshi and Thulasimathi Murugesan came back from a game down to beat the Indonesian pair Warining Rahayu and Qonitah Syakuroh, 18-21, 21-10, 21-12.

Meanwhile, Shanthiya Viswanathan and Mandeep Kaur faced a straight-game 14-21, 9-21 defeat to the Indonesian pair Leani Oktila and Khalimatus Sadiyah in their group match.

In SH6 category, Krishna Nagar and Sivarajan Solaimalai could not convert their advantage and lost in three games, 21-12, 10-21, 12-21, to Hong Kong's Chu Man Kai and Wong Chun Yim.

Meanwhile, Abu Hubaida and Prem Kumar Ale dominated their first group match, 21-4, 21-2, in the WH1-WH2 category against Saudi's pair Essam Buayti and Mahdi Almakinah.

Nitesh Kumar and Ruthick Ragupathi start with a straight-game 21-15, 21-12 win over Suhas Yathiraj & Abhijeet Sakhuja in an all-Indian Group C matchup.

Meanwhile, Umesh Kumar and Rakesh Pandey lost 20-22, 16-21 to China's Yuzhe Yi and Pengfei Chen in a Group A encounter.

All three Indian pairs will have one more group match each and will need to finish in the top two of their respective group to qualify for the quarterfinals.

Krishna Nagar made a dominating start to the Asian Para Games with a 21-5, 21-4 win over Chinese Taipei's Jia-siang Lin in Group C.

Meanwhile, Sudarsan Muthusamy faces a 15-21,15-21 defeat to Daesung Lee of South Korea in his Group B opener.

Both the shuttlers will have two matches each in their respective groups. The top two from each of the four groups will advance to the quarterfinals.

Mandeep Kaur came from behind to defeat Neeraj 18-21, 21-16, 21-17, in an all-Indian matchup of Group C to begin her campaign.

Meanwhile, Sanjana Kumari had a comfortable 21-4, 21-6 win over Hong Kong's Tsz Huen Zhang in Group B.

On the other hand, Manasi Joshi bowed down in three games to China's Yuemei Liu, 15-21, 21-14, 15-21, in a Group A encounter.

Alphia James and Prem Kumar Ale faced a three-game 7-21, 21-18, 10-21 defeat to Thailand's Jehauseng Pohloh and Amnouy Wetwithan in the first group match.

They will next face the tough Chinese pair in the final group match, which will be a must-win as only two from the group advance to the quarterfinals.

Indian men's team faced a 0-2 defeat to South Korea in the first group match with a brace from Yeongjun Jang (15', 38').

India had taken 16 shots in comparison to South Korea's 8 but still couldn't find the back of the net and faced a defeat in the opener.

This is a six-team competition, where each team will play against the other five teams once, with the four best teams going to medal matches.

Hardik Makkar came from behind to defeat South Korea's Jeongsoo Lee, 18-21, 21-19, 21-8, while Rakesh Pandey lost 15-21, 7-21 to Malaysia's Mohamad Azri.

Meanwhile, Sivarajan Solaimalai also began with a win and defeated Philippines' John Maclang 21-7, 21-16 in the SH6 men's singles group match.

The pair of Alphia James and Prem Kumar Ale faced a straight game 15-21, 9-21 defeat to China's Menglu Yu and Jainpeng Mai in the first group match.

They will next face the Chinese Taipei pair in the final group match, which will be a must-win as only two from the group advance to the quarterfinals.