Para Badminton, Men's Singles SL3 and SU5: Umesh, Rakesh lose their respective matches

Umesh Kumar lost to China's Yi Yuzhe 11-21, 12-21 in the men's singles SL3 group stage at the Asian Para Games 2026. The 32-year-old has now won one match and lost one. 

In the men's singles SU5 group stage, Rakesh Pandey suffered a 5-21, 9-21 defeat against Chinese Taipei's Jen-yu Fang. He has now lost both his group matches so far.