Nine of the Paralympics GB squad are in action on day one of the Paralympics table tennis competition in Rio on Thursday.

They include London 2012 silver medallist Will Bayley, who starts his campaign to go one better in Men’s Singles Class 7 against the host nation’s Israel Pereira Stroh.

David Wetherill has an intruiging tie against Egypt’s Ibrahim Hamadtou. Both have been internet sensations – as the two films below show:

The matches on Thursday are (UK times):

1pm
Men’s Singles Class 8
Group D
Thomas Bouvais (FRA) v Aaron McKibbin

2.20pm
WS3
Group A
Li Qian (CHN) v Jane Campbell

3pm
MS9
Group C
Juan Bautista Perez Gonzalez (ESP) v Ashley Facey Thompson

4.20pm
MS6
Group D
David Wetherill v Ibrahim Hamadtou (EGY)

8pm
MS1
Group A
Rob Davies v Silvio Keller (SUI)

10pm
MS7
Group A
Will Bayley v Israel Pereira Stroh (BRA)

WS3
Group A
Anna-Carin Ahlquist (SWE) v Sara Head

Midnight
MS8
Group E
Emil Andersson (SWE) v Ross Wilson

12.40am
WS4
Group C
Zhang Miao (CHN) v Sue Gilroy