Yushae DeSilva-Andrade wins first game at Paralympics
Yushae DeSilva-Andrade, one of Bermuda’s big medal hopes at the Paralympics, made a perfect start to her campaign when winning her first pool match this afternoon.
The Bermudian, who is ranked third in the world in her boccia division, overcame a slow start to show her class in the final two ends and beat Poland’s Kinga Koza 4-1.
The match looked too close to call after the first couple of ends, with DeSilva-Andrade and Koza deadlocked at 1-1 after both picked up a single shot, but DeSilva Andrade shut out her opponent in the second half of the contest, picking up two shots in the third end and one in the last.
DeSilva-Andrade has been drawn in pool C alongside Koza and Hiromi Endo, with her next match coming against the Japanese player at 7.50am Bermuda time on Saturday.
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