The duo Cynthia Mathez/Ilaria Renggli make a successful start to the wheelchair badminton tournament at the Paralympics in Paris.
The Swiss duo beat Hu Guang-Chiou/Yang I-Chen from Taiwan 21:10, 21:19. The performance of the only Europeans in the tableau was very confident for a long time; they only trailed once in the first set - 1:2. The second round was more balanced, with the Swiss team trailing 5:11 at one point.
Mathez and Renggli now have a very good chance of making it through the group and reaching the medal matches before their final group match against Thailand on Friday.