Minster’s Ross Wilson began his European Para Table Tennis Championships bid with a win on Monday - albeit in a different singles class.

After a review by ITTF Para Table Tennis, class 8 player Wilson has been reclassified as a class 9 athlete for the singles event in Sheffield this week, although he is still eligible for class 18 doubles.

He will remain under observation during the tournament, which ends on Saturday, after which a final decision on his classification will be made.

Athletes are assessed and allocated a number between 1 and 10, depending on their functional ability - reach, muscle strength, locomotive restrictions, balance and ability to grip the bat. Wilson was last reviewed in 2019.

His rearranged singles campaign began with a 3-0 win over world No.25 David Pulpan from the Czech Republic, before losing 3-2 to Juan Perez Gonzalez.

The world No.8 and former world and European bronze medallist from Spain came back from 2-1 down to edge the fourth set 12-10 and saved match point before clinching victory 12-10 in the fifth.

Tunbridge Wells’ Will Bayley, meanwhile, began the class 7 event with a 3-0 win against 19-year-old Sam Gustafsson from Sweden, a medallist in Italy and Czech Republic this year, and secured his place in the knockout stages and a bye into the Quarter-Finals on Wednesday with a 3-0 win against the former European bronze medallist Daniel Horut from the Czech Republic.

“I think I’ve played quite well today,” said Bayley. “To give him (Horut) credit he played some nice shots and really good points, but I was really solid today so I’m really happy with the way I played.

“It’s special to play in front of your supporters and family - we don’t get the opportunity to do that very much so to do it at a major tournament is really cool and I definitely want to soak it up and enjoy it."