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Asian Para Games Highlights: Manasi-Thulasimathi assured of a medal, Bhavina in R16 - Blog, Scores, Updates
Catch all the October 17 highlights from the Asian Para Games in Nagoya.
Asian Para Games 2026 Highlights: Indian para contingent had a mixed outing on Saturday with Manasi Joshi and Thulasimathi Murugesan assured of their second consecutive Asian Para Games medal. The Indain duo advanced to the women’s doubles SL3-SU5 semifinal.
Tokyo Paralympics champion Krishna Nagar also confirmed a quarterfinal berth in the men's singles SH6, so did Paris Paralympics champion Nitesh Kumar and Tokyo Paralympics winner Pramod Bhagat in the men's singles SL3.
In mixed doubles SL3-SU5, Manisha Ramadass-Pramod Bhagat and Ruthick Ragupathi and Joshi faced losses. In blind football, India faced their second consecutive loss, losing 1-6 to Japan.
In para table tennis, Paralympics silver medallist Bhavina Patel advanced to the round of 16.
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 17 Oct 2026 8:53 AM IST
Para Table Tennis, Men's Singles Class 3 Group Stage: Shubham Wadhwa loses to Saudi Arbaia's Ibrahim
Shubham Wadhwa faces his first defeat of the tournament, losing in straight games, 7-11, 9-11, 12-14 to Ibrahim Alhassam of Saudi Arabia in the final group match.
He had earlier defeated Nepal's Thapa, and his quarterfinal qualification will now depend on the final group match between Thapa and Ibrahim.
- 17 Oct 2026 8:16 AM IST
Blind Football, Men's Team Event: India loses 1-6 to Japan in second group match
India suffered a heavy defeat against the hosts Japan in their second group match, losing 1-6. Sovendra Singh scored the first goal of the tournament for India to level the score at 1-1 in the first half.
But then Japan came back even stronger in the second half, scoring five goals to claim a massive win. Taichi Hirabayashi scored four goals, while Kenta Hiyashi and Ryo Kawamura scored one each.
Japan fully dominated the match, having taken 41 shots in comparison to India's just 4 shots. They also had a good conversion rate, with 20 shots on target while India had only 1.
- 17 Oct 2026 7:55 AM IST
Para Badminton, Women's Singles SU5 Group Stage: Thulasimathi Murugesan registers a dominating win
Thulasimathi starts her singles competition with a dominating 21-2, 21-2 win in the opener against Bahrain's Zainab Mohamad in just 14 minutes.
Placed in Group B, Thulasimathi will compete in two more group matches against Chinese and Hong Kong athletes later.
The top two from the group will advance to the semi-finals.
- 17 Oct 2026 7:41 AM IST
Para Table Tennis, Men's Singles Class 9 Group Stage: Dattaprasad faces defeat in opener
Dattaprasad Chougule faced a straight-game 3-11, 7-11, 7-11 defeat to Japan's Koyo Iwabuchi in his group stage opener.
He will next face Kazakhstan's Marat Surtubayev in a must-win final group match, as the winner of this match will move to the quarterfinals and the loser will exit.
- 17 Oct 2026 7:30 AM IST
Para Badminton, Men's Singles SL4 Group Stage: Sukant Kadam begins his campaign with a win
Sukant defeated South Korea's Kyung Hwan Shin in three games, 21-17, 18-21, 21-9, to begin his campaign with a win in a Group B fixture.
He will next face Sri Lanka's S. Madduma in the final group match on Monday, and the win will secure his place in the last 16.
- 17 Oct 2026 7:13 AM IST
Para Table Tennis, Women's Singles Class 1 Group Stage: Ekta Bhyan loses in the opener
Ekta bows down in straight games, 7-11, 4-11, 5-11, to Saudi Arabia's Maryam Almyrisl in the first match of the round robin group.
There are two more players in this category, with Chinese and South Korean paddlers, and they fight it out against each other in a round-robin format.
The top three players after the final group standings will win the medals.
- 17 Oct 2026 7:04 AM IST
Para Table Tennis, Women's Singles Class 3 Group Stage: Sonalben Patel starts her campaign with a win
She defeated home favourite Yuka Ikeyama, 11-6, 11-7, 11-3, in the women's singles Class 3 group match opener in just 16 minutes.
She will have two more group matches against Chinese and South Korean paddlers, and the two best players from each group will advance to the quarterfinals.
- 17 Oct 2026 6:56 AM IST
Para Table Tennis, Women's Singles Class 8 Group Stage: Savita Ajjanakatti loses the first match to China
Savita didn't have a very good start to her campaign, losing to China's Wenjuan Huang in the first group match, 3-11, 6-11, 4-11.
She will now face the home favourite Japanese paddler in her final group match on Monday.
- 17 Oct 2026 6:49 AM IST
Para Badminton, Men's Singles WH1 Group Stage: Prem Kumar Ale registers back-to-back wins
Prem defeated UAE's Omair Younas in three games, 20-22, 21-10, 21-9, to keep his unbeaten streak in this event and register his second straight win in the group.
He had earlier defeated an Indonesian shuttler in the opener and is almost qualified for the quarterfinals as the two best from the group advance.
He will next take on Malaysia's Muhammad Ramli in the final group match on Monday.
- 17 Oct 2026 6:41 AM IST
Para Badminton, Mixed Doubles SH6 Group Stage: Krishna-Nithya faces their first defeat
Krishna Nagar and Nithya Sre Sivan faced a straight-game defeat against the reigning world champion Chinese duo of Naili Lin and Fengmei Li, 6-21, 10-21.
They had earlier defeated the Malaysian pair and will now face Chinese Taipei in their final group on Monday. The top two from the group will qualify for the semi-finals.
