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Bayley reaches third consecutive Paralympic final in Tokyo

Defending champion Will Bayley came through a nail-biting semi-final today to reach his third consecutive Paralympic singles final and will go for gold again tomorrow in men’s class 7 against the World number one from China Yan Shuo. Tom Matthews...

ParalympicsGB table tennis team guaranteed four singles medals in Tokyo

On a memorable day for the ParalympicsGB table tennis team four players including men’s class 7 defending champion Will Bayley reached the semi-finals in their respective singles events to guarantee themselves at least a bronze medal. Tom Matthews (men’s class...

Matthews and Karabardak through to quarter-finals in Tokyo

Thomas Matthews and Paul Karabardak made it a good morning for Wales as well as ParalympicsGB at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium as they won their final group matches to make it through to the quarter-finals of the men’s class 1...

Three ParalympicsGB table tennis players through to quarter-finals in Tokyo

Paralympic champion Will Bayley is one of three ParalympicsGB table tennis players who made it through to the quarter-finals of their respective singles events in Tokyo this evening. The men’s class 7 champion is joined by Jack Hunter-Spivey (men’s class...

Young British table tennis players achieve first Paralympic wins in Tokyo

Impressive wins for Jack Hunter-Spivey (men’s class 5) against the World number two Cheng Ming Chih from Chinese Taipei and Tom Matthews (men’s class 1) on his Paralympic debut over the World number three Ki-won Nam from Korea were just...

Bayley makes winning start to Paralympic title defence

Paralympic champion Will Bayley began the defence of his men’s class 7 singles title in Tokyo this evening with a 3-1 win against 22-year-old Maksym Chudzicki from Poland, the European team bronze medallist who had booked his place in the...

Wilson and McKibbin secure first wins for ParalympicsGB table tennis team

World and Commonwealth champion Ross Wilson secured the first win for the ParalympicsGB table tennis team in the morning session on the first day of the tournament at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium today, beating Frenchman Clement Berthier 3-0. His men’s...

Vecko confident that his team is ready to take on the world in Tokyo

The hard work is done and with less than 24 hours to go before the start of the Paralympic tournament in Tokyo, British Para Table Tennis Team Performance Director Gorazd Vecko is quietly confident that his athletes are as well...

Draw made for singles events in Tokyo

The draw has been made for the group stages of the singles events in the Paralympic table tennis tournament in Tokyo, which starts on Wednesday, August 25. Women’s class 4-5: Sue Bailey has been drawn in the same group as...

Statement from ParalympicsGB: Table Tennis De-Selection

Following a legal proceeding David Wetherill has been de-selected from the ParalympicsGB team for Tokyo 2020 for breaching the British Para Table Tennis code of conduct. In accordance with the terms of the arbitration process no further information will be...