Para Badminton, Men's Doubles SL3-SU5 Group Stage: Nitesh-Ruthick starts with a win

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.