Both Fan and her coach, Guo Xijing, spoke highly of Partyka. 

"Partyka is an excellent player. Her style is more like men's - fast and powerful. We have a lot to learn from her," Guo said in the post-match press conference, who s also the head coach for all standing players on the Chinese team.

In women's class 1-3, Liu Jing and Li Qian, the gold medalists from class 2 and 3 in the individual events, rallied from 1-0 down to beat Italy 3-1.

Liu and Li thus swept all the three gold medals in the competitions they took part in.

Feng Panfeng and Zhao Ping in men's class 3 defeated Britain and won a bronze medal, after losing to the Brazilians in the semifinals.

The French were the gold medalists in the class.

Chinese men's class 9-10 and women's class 4-5 downed their semifinal opponents, France and Jordan, respectively, and will compete against Spain and Germany in their gold medal matches.

In men's class 1-2, Slovakia subdued France 3-0 for the gold, with South Korea picking up the bronze.

The table tennis team events in the Beijing Paralympics are scheduled for Sept. 13-16. The men's competitions include five classes, combining classes 1-2, 4-5, 6-8 and 9-10 along with class 3, while women's events putting together classes 1-3, 4-5 and 6-10.

In the earlier individual events, Team China swept eight golds out of 16.

(Xinhua News Agency September 15, 2008)