Thai table tennis star Rungroj Thainiyom will play in the semi-finals on Saturday. (Reuters photo)
TOKYO: Table tennis star Rungroj Thainiyom is assured of at least a bronze medal after beating Romania’s Bobi Simion 3-2 in the Class 6 quarter-finals at the Paralympics on Friday.
The 37-year-old Thai won 10-12, 11-6, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7 and will face Peter Rosenmeier of Denmark in the semi-finals this morning with the final scheduled in the afternoon.
Rungroj won gold at the 2012 London Games to become his country’s first ever Paralympic champion in table tennis, and also claimed bronze at Rio 2016.
Wheelchair fencer Saysunee Jana took bronze on Thursday to become Thailand’s first medallist at Tokyo 2020.
Thailand aim to claim four to six golds at the tournament which ends on Sept 5.
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