India, Oct. 17 -- Two-time Paralympics silver-medallist shuttler Suhas Yathiraj started his Asian Para Games campaign with a resounding straight-game win over Bangladesh's Joytu Dhar in the men's singles SL4 Group E match on Friday.

Suhas, an IAS officer who won silver medals in Tokyo and Paris Paralympics besides gold in the last Asian Para Games, defeated Dhar 21-8 21-11. Also winning in the men's singles SL4 category was Abhijeet Sakhuja, who beat Chinese Taipei's En-chuan Yeh 21-17 21-12. SL4 is a standing sport class in para badminton for athletes with lower-limb impairments.

Tokyo Olympics gold-medallist and Asian Para Games silver-medallist Krishna Nagar also made a positive start, defeating Chinese Taipei's Jia-siang Ling 21-5 2...