Gold medal point...

The first one goes amiss but the Brits have a second chance to claim gold.

The lefty serve of Gordon Reid does the trick as the Brits hold to 15.

That gold medal is well and truly within touching distance.

Alan Jewell
BBC Sport at Roland Garros

In the break between games, we sometimes hear a blast of Freddie Mercury performing his elongated 'Ay-Oh' from when Queen performed at Live Aid in 1985.

At the risk of stating the obvious, it might soon be time for We are the Champions for Reid and Hewett.

Alan Jewell
BBC Sport at Roland Garros

A lifeline for Tokito Oda and Takuya Miki, as Oda's sliced winner retrieves one of the breaks to keep the Japanese pairing in touch.

Oda tries to whip the crowd up on Philippe Chatrier - and the spectators respond.

Back to business for Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid. They hold serve and move two games away from the gold medal.

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No is the answer to that.

Japan's Takuya Miki and Tokito Oda find a break of their own and try their best to get the crowd going in their favour. They know they need a special comeback.

Japan's Takuya Miki and Tokito Oda have three break points but Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid manage to save two.

Can they save the third and force deuce?

What a shot from Gordon Reid to wrap up another break of serve in the second set to move three games away from the gold.

His left-handed backhand slice skids off the Roland Garros dirt and well out of reach of the Japanese pair.

Tremendous stuff.

A quick hold of serve for Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid as they back up the break.

The British pair are well into their rhythm and surging towards that gold medal.

One man who may pick up a gold in the pool today is Italian Simone Barlaam, who is chasing his third Paralympic title and second in Paris.

At some point today, he will be reunited poolside with the Paris-based orthopaedic surgeon who shortened his leg 14 years ago to improve its functionality.

He travelled to the French capital aged 10 for the surgery on his under-developed right leg, a procedure he describes as a "miracle".

Professor Philippe Wicart said: "I am telling all my patients about him. Of course I am proud of him. I feel so happy for him. I feel also proud to be the one he came to meet a long time ago."

Currently the world champion in this event, Barlaam said: "It will be quite surreal, very weird in a good way. He performed a miracle. He saved my leg and he fixed me in every sense.

"It was very special before and now it is getting more and more meaning. I am very close to Paris and I'm really grateful for what the French people did for me."

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Alfie Hewett roars as he smashes a forehand winner down the line to start the second set with a break of serve.

This means so much to him and he's five games away from a first Paralympic gold.

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Alan Jewell
BBC Sport at Roland Garros

That game summed up much of what's gone before - four break points and three set points with Gordon Reid and Alfie Hewett finally getting it done.

Exactly one hour it took and the Brits are halfway to a career Golden Slam in doubles.

Reid really showed his creativity in that last game, hitting three winners with drop shots.

There it is! What a scrap that was but the British pair of Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid have taken the first set.

I don't think the 6-2 scoreline really shows how competitive that set was. It was great viewing!

Hewett and Reid are just six games away from the gold medal.

It's bronze for Great Britain's Maisie Summers-Newton!

China's world record holder Jiang Yuyan wins gold in five minutes 12.07 seconds and, in truth, had that won in the opening 100m.

Switzerland's Nora Meister gets away from Summers-Newton to clinch the silver.

Switzerland's Nora Meister is finishing strong and has opened up a gap to GB's Maisie Summers-Newton, but there's no doubt over where the gold is going to go here.

At the halfway mark, China's world record holder Jiang Yuyan is still well ahead of her rivals in pursuit of gold, with Switzerland's Nora Meister in second followed by GB's Maisie Summers-Newton.

China's world record holder Jiang Yuyan opens up a sizeable advantage from the start in the women's S6 400m freestyle final, with Great Britain's Maisie Summers-Newton in third after the first 100m.

Wow! Two break points saved by the British pair to force deuce.

Every game in this set has been fiercely competitive.

The GB duo now have a set point but Takuya Miki and Tokito Oda hold firm.

The first British interest in the pool this evening comes in the women's S6 400m freestyle final.

Great Britain's Maisie Summers-Newton has already claimed gold in 100m breaststroke SB6 and the 200m individual medley SM6 races, and now she is looking to add a third gold to her summer collection.

Taking on the 400m freestyle, Summers-Newton will go up against China's world record holder Jiang Yuyan.

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• Wheelchair tennis stars Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid are serving for the first set in the men's doubles gold medal match against Japan's Tokito Oda and Takuya Miki.
• The swimming finals are under way, with Maisie Summers-Newton the first British athlete to compete when she races in the women's S6 400m freestyle final (16:41).
• Poppy Maskill will be aiming for gold in the women's S14 100m backstroke, while William Ellard is among the Brits in men's S14 100m backstroke action.
• In powerlifting, Matthew Harding competes for a medal in the men's up to 80kg event (17:35).
• At the Stade de France, Hollie Arnold goes for gold in T46 javelin (18:00), while GB will also contest the 4x100m universal relay (19:56).
• Para-table tennis player Will Bayley has booked a place in tonight’s MS7 final (18:15).
• Wheelchair fencers Dimitri Coutya and Piers Gilliver will also contest for gold medals.
• Coutya is in the men's epee category B gold medal bout (18:40) before Gilliver aims to retain his epee A crown (19:50).