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- Al-Muraisel lost in straight games but will get the chance to bounce back on Thursday
Maryam Al-Muraisel kicked off 抖阴短视频鈥檚 participation at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games with a defeat to Seo Su-yeon of South Korea in the table tennis women鈥檚 singles competition on Wednesday morning.
In the Classes 1-2 Group C match at Tokyo Metropolitan Gym, the Saudi lost 3-0 (11-1, 11-1, 11-2) but will be in action again on Thursday afternoon (1.40 p.m. KSA) against Nadezhda Pushpasheva of the Russian Paralympic Committee.
In Class 6 Group C, Maliak Alieva of the RPC defeated Najlah Aldayyeni of Iraq 3-1 (5-11, 11-2, 11-5, 11-9). The Iraqi will get the opportunity to improve on her performance when she takes on Lee Kun-woo of South Korea on Thursday morning.
Also in the table tennis women鈥檚 singles, Jordan鈥檚 Faten Elelimat lost 3-0 (11-2, 11-5, 11-5) to Xiaodan Gu of China in Class 4 Group D and on Thursday takes on Joyce de Oliveira of Brazil.
The early morning swimming competition saw Ayaallah Tewfick of Egypt finish sixth in the women鈥檚 50m freestyle S6 first heat, while compatriot Zeyad Kahil came fifth in the men鈥檚 200m freestyle S5 heat one at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
Meanwhile, in the wheelchair basketball women鈥檚 tournament, Algeria lost its opening match 74-25 to China at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza.
Algeria also lost 12-4 to Japan in the Group A goalball men鈥檚 preliminary match at Makuhari Messe Hall in Tokyo. The North African team will face Lithuania in its second match on Thursday.