Debutant Nitya Surrey didn’t hesitate to admit that she felt nervous before playing her first match in BWF Para Badminton World Championship 2022, which began in Tokyo on Monday.
Sre pulled off a comfortable 21-8, 21-9 win over Egypt’s Yasmina Aisa and Spain’s Ivan Segura Escobar in a Group A mixed doubles SH6 match with Paralympic champion and Basel 2019 bronze medalist Krishna Nagar.
The 17-year-old Serre later took just 15 minutes to secure a 21-4, 21-4 win over Hong Kong’s Lam Ching Yung in a Group B women’s singles SH6 game.
“I was very excited to be here. It’s a proud moment for me. First match, I was a bit nervous in the starting points but then everything went well. The coordination between the shuttle and the racket was going well. I adjusted the shuttler’s controls as well. So, it was a good start,” said the promising star, who reached No. 1 in the world. Ranked 2nd with five titles won this year.
Nitya has already set her goals to win three gold medals. “I’ll do my best to make it happen.”
easy opening day
Another promising star Manisha Ramdas also made her World Championship debut that day and was confident of a place in the final after a comfortable 21-10, 21-5 win over Spain’s Cristina Sandhez de Lechina Tejada in her women’s SU5 match.
Among the top names, five-time world champion and top-seeded Pramod Bhagat, Manoj Sarkar, Suhas Yathiraj and Nitesh Kumar all had easy matches and look forward to competitive matches in the next few days.
In other women’s matches, World No. No. 1 and defending champion Mansi Joshi, Parul Parmar and Mandeep Kaur also had a comfortable opening day.
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However, Paralympic champion Nagar was pushed to the limit by Miles Krajewski of the United States before he went on to win 17–21, 21–16, 21–17 in his men’s singles SH6 Group D game by one game. Fight down
Nagar later admitted that his opponent had improved his game a lot in the last few months. “His (Miles) is a different game now; He looks more powerful and has variety in his strokes. It is good to see that competition is increasing. I think I should work harder now,” said Nagar, who returned to the competition after eight months.
A total of 298 players will compete for the honors in 22 events this week and there will be group matches at the BWF Para Badminton World Championships 2022, released on Wednesday. The final will be played on Sunday (6 November).
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