Siripong teamarrom

Mohd Amin Burhanuddin: On a very successful day for India in badminton which saw the country win four medals on Monday, Sukant Kadam's hopes of winning a medal in his Paralympics debut ended in a setback as he lost 0-2 to Indonesia's Fredy Setiawan in the Men's Singles SL4 bronze medal match.

Setiawan took the early lead in the encounter and built a 13-8 advantage by the mid-game interval and despite a fightback, which saw Kadam close the gap to 17-18, the Indonesian eventually lost the first game 17-21.

Kadam’s start in the second game was much better than the first but he was not able to withstand pressure from the Indonesian and found himself trailing by the mid-game interval. Kadam’s repeated attempts to get back into the game were shut down by Frede as the Indian lost 18-21 in the second match.