TENNIS ace Lucas Sithole was one game away from earning Team SA a bronze and their ninth Paralympic Games medal on Wednesday.Playing archrival David Wagner in the third/fourth place quad singles tie in Rio, Sithole was out of the blocks quickly, winning the first set 6-1 in just 26 minutes but the roles were reversed as Wagner won the second 6-2.The third set saw Sithole 5-1 up and seemingly with that medal in his pocket, but Wagner who has dominated their previous meetings to the tune of 23-8, dug deep to clinch the final 50min set 7-5.Road cycling’s first action of the Games and the first time trial of the day saw Craig Ridgard in C2 action and he ended 11th of 15 finishers. His time of 30min 19.03sec put him 2:36 behind gold medal winner Tristen Chernove of Canada.Roxy Burns was scheduled to be next off in the C1-3 final (her fourth and final race) but was forced to withdraw on the race-day morning."Hardest call ever. I decided to withdraw. I had no appetite this morning and I ca...
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