Alan Jewell
BBC Sport at Roland Garros

Immediately outside the main Court Philippe Chatrier at Roland Garros, non-disabled spectators get the opportunity to try wheelchair tennis by sitting in specially adapted chairs.

Jade, one of the instructors on hand to advise, says people have found it very difficult to coordinate moving the wheelchair and hitting the ball - even though the ball is oversized.

Jack Draper and Jannik Sinner - who meet in the US Open semi-finals in New York later today - have both tried wheelchair tennis with Alfie Hewett in the past year, with the Italian world number one admitting he "was struggling so much".

Incidentally, Hewett's key piece advice was "keep the chair moving".

Before the Paralympics, BBC Sport's Emma Smith and Caroline Barker told the story of Wendy Otto in this article.

In 2019, Otto was attacked at her home by her ex-boyfriend. She was left paralysed from the chest down with limited use of her arms and hands, and lost her left eye. She can also no longer sweat or regulate her body temperature properly.

She has had an eventful first Paralympics experience in Paris - she competed for the United States in Para-archery, got engaged under the Eiffel Tower and announced that she is expecting a child.

Caroline spoke to Wendy again for BBC World Service's Sportshour and you can hear that interview by clicking on the play icon below.

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Over at Chateau de Versailles, GB's riders have made their bid for a team event medal.

Natasha Baker, the team's Grade III rider, is awarded 75.367 points on horse Dawn Chorus to lift the British team up to second.

Several teams still have their final rider waiting to perform their routine, however, so there's a long way to go before the medal picture becomes clearer.

Earlier, Sophie Wells (Grade I) got the team's medal bid under way with an opening score of 70.895 points, and Georgia Wilson (Grade II) added 73.300 to the team total.

The medal ceremony for the women's singles event is now finally under way and I imagine it won't be too long until GB's Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid are on court.

Don't quote me on that though!

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Here is what is coming up this afternoon and later this evening:

• Wheelchair tennis players Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid will soon bid for gold in the men's doubles final, facing Japan's Tokito Oda and Takuya Miki.
• From 16:40 BST the swimming finals get under way, with Poppy Maskill aiming for gold in the women's S14 100m backstroke.
• Maisie Summers-Newton races in the women's S6 400m freestyle final and 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).
• Para-table tennis player Will Bayley will contest the MS7 singles final (18:15).
• Wheelchair fencer Dimitri Coutya goes for men's epee category B gold (18:40) before Piers Gilliver aims to retain his epee A crown in wheelchair fencing (19:50).

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BBC Sport at Roland Garros

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Gordon Reid (right) came into the Paris Games already possessing four Paralympic medals, with the singles gold in 2016, two silvers from doubles and a singles bronze from Tokyo, where he again got the better of Alfie Hewett.

The pair are the dominant force in wheelchair tennis men's doubles, having won 21 Grand Slam titles together.

They have won all three played this year, defeating today's opponents Tokito Oda and Takuya Miki in the finals on each occasion, including here at Roland Garros for the French Open.

Reid, 32, and Hewett won 6-1 6-4 on the clay in June.

Of course, they are not able to play in the US Open this year because it is happening concurrently with the Paralympic Games.

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• GB's Sophie Unwin and Jenny Holl have won the Para-cycling women's B road race, with team-mates Lora Fachie and Corinne Hall taking bronze behind Ireland's Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly.
• That was GB's third gold on day nine after Sarah Storey and Ben Sandilands won quick-fire gold medals on Friday morning.
• Storey, 46, won the C4-5 women’s road race to claim her 19th career Paralympic gold, edging out France’s Heidi Gaugain at the finish.
• Sandilands, 21, set a new world record in the men's T20 1500m final to win on his Paralympic debut.
• Elsewhere in Para-athletics, Marcus Perrineau-Daley won silver in the men’s T52 100m final.
• In Para-table tennis, Robert Davies won silver in the MS1 event, while Will Bayley booked a place in Friday night’s MS7 final to guarantee him at least a silver medal.
• Great Britain have now won 90 medals so far at the Paralympics in Paris, including 39 golds.

That gold medal feeling.

It's 39 in total now for ParalympicsGB in Paris - and 90 medals in total.

Who will land gold number 40?

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Lora Fachie and Corinne Hall are not far behind, crossing the line 95 seconds later to take the bronze!

A superb ride by both British teams.

The emotion comes pouring out of Sophie Unwin as the gold medal sinks in. That's her second in Paris!

Into the last few hundred metres!

It's coming down to a sprint for gold...

There's still nothing to separate Ireland's Katie-George Dunlevy and pilot Linda Kelly with GB's Sophie Unwin and Jenny Holl at the front of the women's B road race on the final climb.

Lora Fachie and Corrine Hall, currently in bronze, are working hard to try and pull back time - but they are running out of road now with around 45 seconds to make up.

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Earlier today, Sarah Storey claimed a record-extending 19th Paralympic gold medal in the women's C4-5 road race.

"It’s amazing. Really amazing, it has not sunk in at all," Storey, 46, said following that victory. "I’m just thankful that my wheel was in front at the finish."

On the possibility of competing at Los Angeles 2028, she added: "Who knows? I need to enjoy this first. Never say never to anything. This just needs to sink in because it was one of the most exciting races that we’ve had and from the word go it was full gas."

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Alfie Hewett has won everything there is to win in wheelchair tennis.

Except a Paralympic gold medal.

He's got two chances coming up to get his hands on the one prize that has so far eluded him, with the men's doubles final today alongside Gordon Reid before the singles final on Saturday against Japan's Tokito Oda.

Oda is also on the other side of the net today in the doubles final where he partners Takuya Miki.

As he and Reid chase a career 'Golden Slam' in doubles, 26-year-old Hewett has already made a major breakthrough this summer, winning the Wimbledon singles title in July to leave only the Paralympics to conquer.

Hewett said: "I wouldn't say that I obsess about the Golden Slam, but when the opportunity presents itself, you want to go and get it. Winning a gold medal in itself, I haven't done it yet, but it's an amazing accomplishment.

"The fact that I've now won all the Grand Slams adds more of a narrative to it, but honestly, I just want to win the gold medal - in singles and doubles. If I achieve that in my career, I'll be very proud. If I don't, then I'm still going to be very proud of what I've done in the sport."

Out on the roads around Paris, the women's B road race is taking place and GB could are on track for a couple of medals as the riders begin the final lap.

Ireland's Katie-George Dunlevy and pilot Linda Kelly, winners of the time trial, are at the front of the race alongside GB's Sophie Unwin and pilot Jenny Holl.

In third, Lora Fachie and Corrine Hall are well clear of the rest but almost a minute behind the fight for gold ahead of them.

Lizzi Jordan and Dannielle Khan are in seventh.

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Rob Davies has just been presented with his medal - ParalympicsGB's fourth in Para-table tennis at Paris 2024 - after winning silver in the men's singles MS1.

In the final, Cuba's Yunier Fernandez won a close first game 14-12 before taking the second game 11-7 and wrapping up victory with a 11-4 success in the third.

Welshman Davies, 40, won gold at Rio 2016 but was unable to defend his title in Tokyo five years later because of a shoulder injury.

Later on Friday, Will Bayley will aim to win his second Paralympic gold medal when he faces China's Shuo Yan in the final of the men's singles MS7 at 18:15 BST.

Bayley won gold in that event in Rio, plus silver medals at London 2012 and in Tokyo three years ago.

He beat Jean Paul Montanus in three straight games this morning to reach the final once more.

At Chateau de Versailles, the team event is taking place today.

Teams are made up three athletes, in grades one, two and three, with each rider completing the set test for their grade and the scores of all three members are combined to make the team total

Sophie Wells (Grade I), Georgia Wilson (Grade II) and Natasha Baker (Grade III) are in action for GB in this one.

Wells got the team's medal bid under way with an opening score of 70.895 points, and Wilson has just added 73.300 to the team total to leave GB eighth with Baker still to go.

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Something else to keep an eye on today is GB's gold medal tally.

Now at 38, the team need just three more to match their haul of 41 in Tokyo three years ago.

There's still some way to go to equal the record heights of Rio, however, where GB won 64 golds.

UK Sport set a target of 100-140 medals for Paris 2024.

At the delayed Tokyo 2020 Games, GB finished second to China in the medal table with 124 medals.

Great Britain's Marcus Perrineau-Daley won silver in the men's T52 100m final earlier but his immediate thoughts turned to winning gold in the future.

"It is incredible but I can't help but think I could have won a gold medal," he said.

"I was so focused on staying in lane, I was staring at the wheel, but it shows, when I put my power down, they won't be able to catch me.

"I made three mistakes today and I still won a silver. I am not trying to boast, but when I do get it right, I am destined for gold.

"This is my first Paralympics, but I have done two World Championships before. In one of them I came second last, so it shows what hard work and dedication can do. When you put your mind to something, you can definitely achieve."

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