October 9, 2023
England’s high shuttlers carried out effectively however couldn’t make it by means of to the ultimate day of the 2023 Scottish Open in Glasgow.
Two English pairs reached the semi-finals of the lads’s doubles, however have been each defeated by their Danish counterparts as Callum Hemming and Ethan van Leeuwen and Rory Easton and Zach Russ fell brief.
Easton and Russ got here from a recreation all the way down to beat Scots Jack MacGregor and Adam Pringle earlier than progressing to the final 4 with back-to-back wins.
They then met third seeds Ondrej Kral and Adam Mendrek within the quarter-finals and recorded a rousing 21-18 21-12 win to advance to the final 4.
However Daniel Lundgaard and Mads Vestergaard proved too robust for the younger duo, working out 21-12 and 21-8 winners.
On the opposite aspect of the draw, Hemming and Van Leeuwen loved a extra dramatic run to the ultimate levels, with two of their three wins coming by way of a decider.
In between these matches there was a showdown with fourth seed Joshua Magee and Eire’s Paul Reynolds, who have been convincingly brushed apart 21-14, 21-7.
Danish gamers have been then as soon as once more the scourge of the English hopefuls as Andreas Sondergaard and Jesper Toft emerged victorious within the semi-finals, with a 21-14 19-21 21-6 success.
Van Leeuwen additionally partnered Annie Lado within the combined doubles, with Toft and his companion Clara Graversen advancing in a nail-biting three-setter within the quarter-final.
Van Leeuwen’s sister Estelle did one higher and reached the semi-finals along with Hemming, however Vestergaard and Christine Busch ended their run with a 21-10 21-13 victory.
Within the girls’s doubles, Jessica Allen and Abbie Smith reached the final eight of the competitors, however third seeds Stine Kuespert and Emma Moszczynski discovered themselves too robust within the quarter-finals.
A complete of 54 English stars took to the courts in Glasgow, lots of whom may have gained priceless expertise within the qualifying spherical and major draw throughout a terrific week on the world’s third oldest badminton event.