England’s players assured themselves of three more medals at the Commonwealth Championships with superb team play in the doubles events.
The pairings of Sam Walker/Chris Doran, Andrew Baggaley/Daniel Reed and Joanna Parker/Kelly Sibley all managed to reach the semi-finals, meaning tomorrow they will play off for the chance to win a gold medal. Parker and Sibley appear to have the best opportunity with the Indian pair of Madhurika Patkar and Neha Aggarwal in their way.
The players’ respective singles campaigns, however, were cut short with only Andrew Baggaley and Joanna Parker able to make the quarter-final stage and, in the process, still missing out on the chance of a third piece of silverware.
The 30-year-old Baggaley was the closest to reaching the semi-final stage with a superb performance against world no. 26 Zhan Jian, which was not merited with a victory.
He took the Singaporean top seed to the deciding seventh game in their match – only to miss out 11-5 as his opponent took control.
A full list of results from today’s English matches can be found below, while fixtures for tomorrow’s doubles semi-finals are also displayed.
Men’s Singles
Round of 32
Andrew Baggaley bt Ojo Onaolapo (NGR, 464) 4-1 (11-5, 11-6, 5-11, 11-3, 11-8)
Sam Walker bt Gavin Rumgay (SCO, 254) walkover
Daniel Reed bt Nitin Vasanth Philips (IND, 743) 4-3 (4-11, 11-6, 13-11, 9-11, 8-11, 11-5, 11-6)
Chris Doran bt Soumyadeep Roy (IND, 306) 4-1 (11-6, 11-6, 15-13, 5-11, 11-4)
Round of 16
Andrew Baggaley bt Sanil Shetty (IND, 329) 4-3 (11-4, 19-17, 7-11, 10-12, 12-10, 6-11, 11-7)
Anthony Amalraj (IND, 150) bt Sam Walker 4-2 (11-6, 8-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-6, 11-9)
Yang Zi (SIN, 108) bt Daniel Reed 4-1 (11-7, 5-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-3)
Jubin Kumar (IND, 494) bt Chris Doran 4-2 (5-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-4, 5-11, 11-5)
Quarter-finals
Zhan Jian (SIN, 26) bt Andrew Baggaley 4-3 (11-9, 9-11, 11-7, 9-11, 4-11, 11-9, 11-5)
Women’s Singles
Round of 32
Shamini Kumaresan (IND, 275) bt Tin-Tin Ho 4-0 (11-6, 11-8, 11-5, 11-5)
Joanna Parker bt Mousami Paul (IND, 420) 4-0 (11-6, 11-3, 11-1, 11-5)
Kelly Sibley bt Ho Ying (MAS, unr) 4-1 (11-6, 11-7, 6-11, 13-11, 11-7)
Round of 16
Joanna Parker bt Neha Aggarwal (IND, 428) 4-1 (11-3, 11-6, 8-11, 11-1, 11-6)
Zhou Yihan (SIN, 102) bt Kelly Sibley 4-1 (11-8, 9-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-6)
Quarter-finals
Mouma Das (IND, 234) bt Joanna Parker 4-1 (11-6, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 13-11)
Men’s Doubles
Round of 16
Sam Walker/Chris Doran bt Soumyajit Ghosh/Harmeet Desai (IND) 3-0 (11-8, 12-10, 11-9)
Andrew Baggaley/Daniel Reed bt Seun Ajetunmobi/Kavode Adedeji (NGR) 3-2 (7-11, 13-11, 10-12, 11-7, 13-11)
Quarter-finals
Sam Walker/Chris Doran bt Li Hu/Ma Liang (SIN) 3-2 (11-9, 7-11, 6-11, 11-4, 15-13)
Andrew Baggaley/Daniel Reed bt Sanil Shetty/Aman Balgu (IND) 3-2 (7-11, 11-5, 11-6, 5-11, 11-9)
Women’s Doubles
Round of 16
Joanna Parker/Kelly Sibley bt Offiong Edem/Janet Effiom (NGR) 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 18-16)
Beh Lee Wei/Ng Sock Khim (MAS) bt Tin-Tin Ho/Hannah Hicks 3-1 (9-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-7)
Quarter-finals
Joanna Parker/Kelly Sibley bt Li Isabelle Siyun/Yee Heung Hwee (MAS) 3-2 (11-7, 2-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-7)
Fixtures
Men’s Doubles
Semi-final
Sam Walker/Chris Doran vs Sharath Kamal Achanta/Subhajit Saha (IND)
Andrew Baggaley/Daniel Reed vs Zhan Jian/Yang Zi (SIN)
Women’s Doubles
Semi-final
Joanna Parker/Kelly Sibley vs Madhurika Patkar/Neha Aggarwal (IND)