Bhavina Patel made a winning start to the Asian Para Games, beating Kuwait’s Ahad Alrasheedi in table tennis on Friday. Bhavina won her women’s Class 4-5 Group A encounter 3-0 (11-6, 11-3, 11-6). 

Baby Sahana Ravi beat Vietnam’s Thi Hoa Phuong Nguyen 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-4) in her singles Class 9 Group B tie. Shubham Wadhwa beat Nepal’s Keshav Thapa 3-0 (11-6, 11-4, 11-9) in his men’s singles Class 3 group tie.