Jean-Francois Ducay of France, the winner on the opening day of proceedings in the Men's Individual Class 1 Table Tennis event over defending champion, Holger Nikelis of Germany, continued his good form on Day 2 when he beat Isvel Trujillo of Cuba to maintain his unbeaten run.
Delight continued for Ducay but there was no joy for Nikelis; he lost to Lee Hae-kon of the Republic of Korea in a contest that went the full distance.
However, for Andreas Vevera of Austria, the No.1 seed, who had lost to Yunier Fernandez of Cuba on the first day of play, there was better news. He beat Walter Kilger of Germany, the Athens 2004 bronze medalist. As for Fernandez, he met defeat in the closest contest to this point in the Table Tennis competition of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.
He lost 16-18 in the decisive fifth game against Cho Jae-kwon of the Republic of Korea.
The most impressive player of the morning session was Poland's Natalia Partyka, who underlined indelibly the reasons why she was on the Polish national team at the Olympic Games; she proved too fast and too consistent for Hou Chunxiao of China in her Class 10 Women's Individual duel.
With Partyka seeded first, it was an anticipated outcome, but on the adjacent table in the same event there was a surprise. Li Yuqiang of China, the Athens bronze medalist, was beaten in five games by Audrey Le Morvan of France.
In Women's Individual Class 5, two players shone - Andrea Zimmerer of Germany and Ren Guixiang of China. Seeded No. 1, Zimmerer defeated Chan Siu-ling of Hong Kong, China in straight games while Ren, the reigning champion, handed out the same punishment when facing Tsai Hui-chu of Chinese Taipei.
No problems for the leading ladies in Women's Individual Class 5 and no problems for their counterpart, Genevieve Clot of France in Women's Individual Class 1/2, the silver medalist at Athens 2004, she defeated Dzaier Neil of Great Britain.
Meanwhile, in the Men's Individual Class 2 competition, Jan Riapos of Slovakia, the defending champion, defeated China's Gao Yanming, while Kim Kong-yong of the Republic of Korea, the silver medalist four years ago and No.1 seed here, accounted for Sergey Poddubnyy of Russia.
(BOCOG September 8, 2008)
