Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's singles SL3 explained

Event:	Men's singles SL3
Games:	2020 Summer
Venue:	Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Dates:	1–4 September 2021
Competitors:	6
Nations:	5
Gold:	Pramod Bhagat
Goldnpc:	IND
Silver:	Daniel Bethell
Silvernpc:	GBR
Bronze:	Manoj Sarkar
Bronzenpc:	IND
Next:	2024

The men's singles SL3 tournament at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo took place between 1 and 4 September 2021 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium.^[1]

Seeds

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

1. (gold medalist)
2. (silver medalist)

Group stage

The draw of the group stage revealed on 26 August 2021.^[3] The group stage was played from 1 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
1 Sep	21:20	Pramod Bhagat	2–1	Manoj Sarkar	21–10	21–23	21–9
2 Sep	16:40	Pramod Bhagat	2–0	Oleksandr Chyrkov	21–12	21–9
3 Sep	7:30	Manoj Sarkar	2–0	Oleksandr Chyrkov	21–16	21–9

Group B

Date	Time	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
1 Sep	21:20	Daniel Bethell	2–0	Daisuke Fujihara	21–11	21–7
2 Sep	16:40		0–2	Daisuke Fujihara	5–21	18–21
3 Sep	11:00	Daniel Bethell	2–0	Ukun Rukaendi	21–8	21–12

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 SL3 – Seeds. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Olympics.com. 28 August 2021. 28 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210828150206/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/BDM/PG2020-_BDM_C48_BDMMSINGLES-03010-----------------.pdf. dead.
3. Web site: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics draw results . . 26 August 2021.
4. Web site: Badminton Men's Singles SL3 - Bracket Results . Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games . Olympics.com . 3 September 2021 . 3 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210903150542/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/badminton/bracket-men-s-singles-sl3.htm . dead .