What to watch: Day 9

China plays Iran in goalball at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Goalball is one of the three Paralympic sports that IBSA serves as the international federation for. © • Getty Images Cobi Crispin and Clare Nott of Australia celebrate victory in the women's semi final Wheelchair Basketball match against USA. © • Getty Brazilian Oliveira beat Oscar Pistorius in a thrilling finish. © • Marcus Hartmann

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The night will close with the men’s 400m heats, which include South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius, Brazil’s Alan Oliveira and USA’s Blake Leeper.

Morning: Australia’s now-most decorated Paralympian Matt Cowdrey will be back in action, swimming the 100m freestyle S9, while in the same event on the women’s side, South Africa’s Natalie du Toit will compete in her final Paralympic event, as she will retire following the Games.

Brazil’s Daniel Dias, Ukraine’s Makksym Varaksa, Spain’s Teresa Perales and Russia’s Oxana Savchenko will also hit the pool once again.

Afternoon: The highlight of the day could be at Eton Manor, when Esther Vergeer looks to extend her unbeaten streak of 469 straight wins that dates back to 2003 when she takes to the court for the women’s wheelchair tennis singles final against compatriot Aniek van Koot.

The two Dutch players will battle it out for gold in what should make for an interesting showdown, as Vergeer aims to pick up her fourth Paralympic title.

Sweden’s duo of Stefan Olsson and Peter Vikstrom will play France’s Frederic Cattaneo and Nicolas Peifer for men’s doubles gold.

Over at the Riverbank Arena, Brazil will challenge world champions Russia in the first football 7-a-side semi-final, followed by a matchup between Ukraine and Iran.

China will face Japan for women’s goalball gold, as they hope to better their silver from Beijing 2008.

Evening: The women’s wheelchair basketball final at North Greenwich Arena pits favourites Germany against an Australian team that took silver in 2000 and 2004, and bronze in 2008.

At the ExCeL, China’s women’s sitting volleyball team will face USA for gold in a rematch of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games final, which was won by the Chinese. World No. 1 China beat USA, 3-1, earlier at London 2012 during pool play and will look to win their third Paralympic title in a row.

Finland and Brazil meet for the men’s goalball final at the Copper Box in a matchup not many expected. Brazil’s Romario Diego Marques will be the player to watch here, as he has already scored 23 goals during the tournament.

At the track, USA’s Tatyana McFadden is expected to go for her third gold in as many races when she competes in the 1,500m T54 event, while Ireland’s Jason Smyth aims to win the 200m T13 and Great Britain’s Richard Whitehead does the same in the 100m T42.

The night will close with the men’s 400m heats, which include South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius, Brazil’s Alan Oliveira and USA’s Blake Leeper.