British player misses out to India’s Kumar Nitesh in finalReid reaches last eight of wheelchair tennis singles
Dan Bethell came within one point of a Paralympic badminton gold but eventually had to settle for silver – just as he did at the Tokyo Games – after the narrowest of defeats to India’s Kumar Nitesh in the final of the SL3 men’s singles.
Bethell, the No 2 seed, lost the first set 21-14 to the top-ranked Nitesh but battled back to take the second 21-18 and set up a decider. The British player saved one match point at 19-20 down then set up one of his own at 21-20 but he could not seal the deal and Nitesh reeled off three points in succession to take the gold.