Paddler Bhavina Patel wins historic silver at Tokyo Paralympics

Patel's impressive run at the Games ended with a loss to Zhou, a two-time gold medallist, in the women's singles summit clash

Indian table tennis player Bhavina Patel signed off with a historic silver medal in her maiden Paralympic Games after going down 0-3 to world number one Chinese paddler Ying Zhou in the women's singles class 4 final here on August 29. The 34-year-old Patel's impressive run at the Games ended with a 7-11 5-11 6-11 loss to Zhou, a two-time gold medallist, in the women's singles summit clash which lasted 19 minutes. Patel had suffered a loss to Zhou in her first group stage match earlier in the week.