**It has been a super Sunday for ParalympicsGB in Paris, [with 12 golds](https://paralympics.org.uk/articles/paralympicsgb-enjoy-most-successful-day-of-golds-this-centur) among a flurry of medals.**
Away from the podium, there have been plenty more athletes shining as they bid for silverware of their own…
Lapthorne and Slade guarantee medal
Andy Lapthorne and Greg Slade are guaranteed a medal in the wheelchair tennis quad doubles as they beat Brazilian duo Leandro Pena and Ymanitu Silva 6-1, 7-5 in semi-final. They will play Sam Shroder and Niels Vink of the Netherlands in the final at 11:00 (BST) on Wednesday.
Top seed Alfie Hewett took just 53 minutes to beat Israel’s Sergei Lysov 6-0 6-1 on the Philippe Chatrier show court in the men’s singles. Japan’s Daisuke Arai now awaits in the last 16 on Monday.
Doubles partner Gordon Reid joins him in the third round after he beat Sri Lanka’s Suresh Dharmasena 6-0, 6-0. He will play Takuya Miki (Japan) in the third round on Monday.
To top off the afternoon, they joined forces in the doubles, winning 6-1, 6-3 against Chile’s Alexander Cataldo and Bryan Tapia.
Also in the men’s doubles, Ben Bartram and Dahnon Word lost to Tom Egberink and Maikel Scheffers of the Netherlands.
Neither Bartram nor Ward progressed in the singles competition either, losing their second round matches.
Macqueen bows out in last eight
In the men’s individual compound archery competition, Nathan Macqueen started the day with a 140-139 victory against Iranian Hadi Nori to take him into the quarter finals.
In the last eight, he was beaten by one point by America’s ‘Armless Archer’ Matt Stutzman, after which he rued a poor start.
“I think it was lost on the first end. I shot 9-8-9 and if I hadn’t done that, I would have had him,” said Macqueen.
He will take to the Invalides stage again on Monday in the mixed team open compound competition.
“I’m happy and I’ll go into tomorrow with confidence,” he added.
Shackleton starts as she means to go on
Megan Shackleton started the women’s singles table tennis action with a win in her WS4 round of 16 match against Ghaliah Alanazi of Saudi Arabia
After the match, she said: “It was great. I was looking forward to being back out there after the doubles
“I was really proud of how I managed to commit to my game and start as I mean to go on.”
She will play Serbia’s Borislava Perić-Ranković on Wednesday in the quarter-final.
“It’s my first quarter-final at a Paralympic Games and I’m feeling in good shape so I’m excited,” she commented.
Smith’s defence of crown ends
David Smith and Claire Taggart both finished fourth in their respective boccia competitions after losing bronze medal matches against Indonesian opposition.
In the Women’s BC2 competition, Taggart lost 5-2 to Gischa Zayana, and in the Men’s BC1, Smith lost 5-3 to Muhamad Syafa.
They will join forces alongside Kayleigh Haggo in the team competition starting on Tuesday where they will take on China.
Taggart said of the team: “It’s always a good opportunity to play in the team and it is definitely something which does pick up my mood.”
Cockbill bounces back
In the R5 mixed 10m air rifle prone, SH2 shooters Ryan Cockbill and Tim Jeffery finished 15th and 16th respectively.
Cockbill said: “Today was a good day for me.
“My R5 isn’t the strongest event I do, with having a challenging start to the week being ill and the R4, it’s been good to bounce back a bit and get a respectable score that I was happy with.”
Both will compete again on Wednesday in the R9 Mixed 50m Rifle prone SH2
Williams rues ‘tough one to take’
The women’s wheelchair basketball team lost 62-47 to China in their final group match, finishing second in their group. They will progress to the quarter-finals on Wednesday.
Laurie Williams said after the match: “I think that’s a pretty tough one to take. Going into it, we knew it would be a battle. I think maybe we expected a better outcome than that.
“We know that we’re not in the position we wanted to be in the pool, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t go out and still give it everything in a quarter final.”
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