Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's singles SH6 explained

Event:	Men's singles SH6
Games:	2020 Summer
Venue:	Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Dates:	2–5 September 2021
Competitors:	6
Nations:	5
Gold:	Krishna Nagar
Goldnpc:	IND
Silver:	Chu Man Kai
Silvernpc:	HKG
Bronze:	Krysten Coombs
Bronzenpc:	GBR
Next:	2024

The men's singles SH6 tournament at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo took place between 2 and 5 September 2021 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium.^[1]

Seeds

These were the seeds for this event:^[2]

1. (group stage)
2. (gold medalist)

Group stage

The draw of the group stage revealed on 26 August 2021.^[3] The group stage was played from 2 to 3 September. The top two winners of each group advanced to the knockout rounds.

Group A

Date	Time	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
2 Sep	13:00	Jack Shephard	0–2	Krysten Coombs	12–21	10–21
2 Sep	17:20	Chu Man Kai	2–0	Krysten Coombs	21–15	21–10
3 Sep	15:20	Jack Shephard	2–1	Chu Man Kai	21–11	22–24	21–10

Group B

Date	Time	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
2 Sep	13:00	Krishna Nagar	2–0	Didin Taresoh	22–20	21–10
2 Sep	17:20	Vitor Gonçalves Tavares	Retired	Didin Taresoh	21–13	18–13^r
3 Sep	15:20	Krishna Nagar	2–0	Vitor Gonçalves Tavares	21–17	21–14

Finals

The knockout stage was played from 4 to 5 September.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Badminton . . Olympics.com . 26 August 2021 . 28 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210828070058/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/paralympics/sports/badminton/ . dead .
2. Web site: Men's singles SS6 – Seeds. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Olympics.com. 28 August 2021. 29 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210829161225/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/BDM/PG2020-_BDM_C48_BDMMSINGLES-06010-----------------.pdf. dead.
3. Web site: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics draw results . . 26 August 2021.
4. Web site: Badminton Men's Singles SH6 - Bracket Results . Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games . Olympics.com . 3 September 2021 . 3 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210903150254/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/badminton/bracket-men-s-singles-sh6.htm . dead .