Israeli tennis player Guy Sasson wins a bronze medal after beating Turkey’s Ahmet Kaplan in men’s quad singles at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
Despite the tension between Israel and Turkey over the ongoing war in Gaza, the rivals share a friendly greeting both before and after the match. Sasson wraps himself in the Israeli flag following his victory.
Sasson was sent to the bronze medal match earlier this week after losing to the Netherlands’ Sam Schroder in the semifinal, following a win over the UK’s Gregory Slade in the quarterfinal and after besting Chile’s Francisco Cayulef in his first-round match.
Sasson, 44, was injured in a 2015 snowboarding accident that left him in a wheelchair. He won the 2024 French Open earlier this year, his first major single’s title.
His win marks the ninth medal for Israel at the Paralympics so far, with the Israeli goalball team set to compete tonight in the gold medal match.
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