Will Bayley makes strong start to table tennis class seven title at Paralympics

<div class="pa_art"><p>Away from the velodrome and pool, table tennis star Will Bayley made a strong start the defence of his Paralympic class seven title.</p><p>The 33-year-old, who recovered from a serious knee injury suffered on Strictly Come Dancing to be at the delayed Games, wrapped up a 3-1 qualifying win over Poland's Maksym Chudzicki.</p><p>He edged the opening game of the Group B encounter 13-11 and, after losing the second 11-8, regained his composure to complete the job with 11-3 and 11-8 successes.</p><!-- EMBED START Twitter --><figure><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="525" data-dnt="true"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">🤟🤟💪💪💪💪 <a href="https://t.co/oG9S2kFDgf">pic.twitter.com/oG9S2kFDgf</a></p><p>&mdash; . . .