The third edition of the tournament is the first Badminton World Federation para badminton event for more than a year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

First round action took place in various categories for men and women in both singles and doubles disciplines.

One of the best contests on a busy day of action came in the women’s singles SL3 category, with Indian top seed Parul Parmar edging out compatriot Charanjeet Kaur 21-13, 19-21, 23-21 in Group A.

In Group B of the SL3 category, second seed Manasi Joshi beat Mandeep Kaur 21-17, 21-10.

In the WH1 category, there was a surprise in Group B as Man-Kei To of Belgium, the second seed, was defeated 21-19, 21-12 by Cynthia Mathez of Switzerland.

In the SU5 discipline, third seed Palak Kohli of India beat compatriot Vaishali Patel 21-2, 21-6 in Group C.

In the men’s singles, third seed Luca Olgiati was in action in Group C of the WH2 category, beating Spain’s Ignacio Fernandez 21-10, 21-16.

The second seed in the WH2 category Thomas Jakobs of France was also in action today and was on the end of an upset, as he was beaten 19-21, 21-12, 21-13 by Noor Azwan Noorlan of Malaysia in Group B.

In the SL4 category, sixth seed Pavel Kulikov of Russia was in action triumphing 20-22, 21-13, 21-11 against Diogo Daniel of Portugal in Group F.

In the SL3 category, fourth seed Umesh Vikram Kumar was surprisingly beaten 21-18, 17-21, 21-15 in an all Indian affair in Group D by Mohammad Arwaz Ansari.

Second seed Didin Taresoh of Malaysia was in action in the men’s and women’s singles SH6 category, defeating Charles Noakes of France 14-21, 21-14, 21-15 in Group B.

 The tournament, which has attracted 127 players from 29 countries, is scheduled to run until Sunday (April 4).