World No. 1 Pramod Bhagat sailed into the men’s singles semi-finals after beating Ukraine’s Oleksandr Chyrkov in his second Group A match of the Tokyo Paralympics badminton event here on Thursday as the country’s shuttlers expectedly produced strong performances.

Bhagat, 33, also a reigning world champion, saw off Chyrkov 21-12, 21-9 in 26 minutes to top his group and enter the Last 4 in class SL3.