India’s mixed doubles duo of Thulasimathi Murugesan and Nitesh Kumar marched into the SL3-SU5 final at the Asian Para Games badminton tournament on Thursday following a hard-fought 21-19, 14-21, 21-17 win over China’s Li Mingpin and Xiao Zuxian.

"We got a little distracted in between and started making a few errors, but it was good that we got our rhythm back at the start of the third set. So, when we shifted sides, we had a good lead. That gave us a little extra confidence going into the crucial phase of the match." Nitesh said.