Summary
They beat top players from other countries in straight games.
Two Indian women earned silver medals and will keep trying for gold in doubles matches.
The event is the Asian Para Games, a big sports meet for athletes with different abilities.
Key Points
5 points1
Nitesh defeated Pramod Bhagat with scores of 21‑18 and 21‑16.
2
Naveen beat Indonesia's Fredy Setiawan with scores of 21‑9 and 21‑17.
3
Both athletes are Paralympic champions and felt very proud of their wins.
4
India's Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan and Thulasimathi Murugesan won silver medals in women's singles.
5
The games include special categories for players with leg or arm challenges, and for shorter athletes.
New Words to Learn
10 wordsclinched
won decisively
para
short for Paralympic, for athletes with different abilities
medallists
people who receive medals
prowess
great skill
debut
first appearance
consistency
regularly doing well
impairments
physical challenges
half court
a smaller area to play on
upper‑limb
arms and hands
short stature
being shorter than average
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