TOKYO: India's para-shuttler Krishna Nagar clinched the gold medal-winning a hard-fought battle against Chu Man Kai (Hong Kong) in the Men's Singles SH6 final at the Toko 2020 Paralympic Games.

Krishna's effort was India's second gold in badminton after Pramod Bhagwat won the historic first clinching the Men's Singles SL3 title.

At Yoyogi National Stadium, the No. 2 ranked  Indian overwhelmed Chu Man Kai in three games 21-17, 16-21, 21-17 in 43 minutes.

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Overall, this was India's fifth gold medal at the Games.

As expected, the early exchanges of the match were very close.

The unseeded Man Kai then stepped up his game to gain a one-point lead by 11-10 going into the mid-game interval.

The 22-year-old from Rajasthan, came back strongly after the resumption as he wasted no time whatsoever in gaining the lead back.

With his quick feet, the Krishna managed to keep the rallies short and then was able to clinch the first set by 21-17 in 14 minutes.

Man Kai wasn't ready to get bogged down as clawed his way back in the second set. A series of errors by Krishna saw the Indian trailing by 11-7 at the one minute break.

Man Kai continued with his momentum to put a scintillating display and closed out the second game by 21-16 in 14 minutes and pushed the match to the decider.

The third saw the Indian firing on all his cylinders and grabbing the handy 11-7 lead going into the interval.

Man Kai showed great fightback after the resumption as he levelled the match against the second seed at 14-14.

But it was Krishna who held his nerves better as Man Kai's resistance soon perished as Krishna ran off to a 19-16 lead. Krishna won the third game by 21-17 in 15 minutes.

Diagnosed with dwarfism when he was just two years old, Nagar took up badminton as a hobby in 2017.

He soon learned about para-badminton as a sport and started competing professionally. He won bronze at the 2018 Asian Para Games and another bronze at the 2019 Para-Badminton World Championships.

Earlier this year, he also won two gold medals at the Para-Badminton International in Dubai.

Edited - SportsAction / Inputs - Agency