Paralympics 2020: Paddler Bhavina Patel Creates History By Winning Silver Medal

The Indian table tennis player Bhavina Patel created history by winning a silver medal in her maiden Paralympic Games after losing 0-3 to world number one Chinese paddler Ying Zhou in the women's singles class 4 final on Sunday.

Bhavina Patel's remarkable run at the Games came to an end with a 7-11 5-11 6-11 loss to two-time gold medalist Zhou in the women's singles summit showdown, which lasted 19 minutes.

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Patel struggled to execute her plan against an opponent who had five Paralympic medals to her, including gold medals in singles in Beijing and London.

Bhavina Patel, who was affected by polio when she was 12 months old, defeated China's world no. 3 Miao Zhang in the semifinals on Saturday, 7-11 11-7 11-4, 9-11 11-8.

Bhavina Patel beat the 2016 Rio Paralympics gold medalist and world number two Borislava Peric Rankovic of Serbia in the quarterfinals on Friday to secure a medal and write history.