PETALING JAYA: Table tennis player Chee Chao Ming (pic) believes he must stay cool if he wants to bow out from his first Paralympic Games with pride.

Feeling overwhelmed, the 24-year-old struggled to perform as he went down tamely 6-11, 7-11, 4-11 to world No. 6 Mohamed Kalem of Italy in the men’s singles Class 9 Group C opening match at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium yesterday.