by Ian Marshall An all Chinese affair commenced proceedings, the women’s singles class 5 title at stake. It proved a tense affair. Saved match points Eventually, Zhang Bian, the top seed, overcame Pan Jiamin, the no.3 seed (12-14, 5-11, 11-8, 13-11, 11-7) but she came perilously close to defeat; in the fourth game, she saved […]
China's Zhang Bian came from two games down and saved two match points
to defeat compatriot Pan Jiamin in an enthralling women's singles C5
final at the Paralympics here in Tokyo.
by Ian Marshall In the final, he meets Hungary’s Peter Palos, the winner in 2012 in London; in the corresponding semi-final, by the very narrowest of margins, he overcame Frenchman, Lucas Creange (14-12, 9-11, 12-10, 9-11, 13-11). Finalists decided, as the morning session of play concluded on the fourth day of action, in the men’s […]