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16th June 2010

Blair and White bounce back as Robertson and Wallwork fall in Singapore

Nathan Robertson and Jenny Wallwork were the big-name casualties when the first round of the Li-Ning Singapore Open got under way today.

The European mixed doubles bronze medallists fell 19-21 21-13 21-13 against Singapore's Chayut Triyachart and Lei Yao, who now face Robert Blair and Gabby White tomorrow.

Blair and White, in partnership for the first time, came back from a game down to defeat the experienced Thai pair of Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee Thoungthongkam 18-21 21-15 21-18.

They were joined in the last 16 by Marcus Ellis and European Badminton Circuit winner Mariana Agathangelou. They beat New Zealand's Joe Wu and Danielle Barry 21-17 21-17 while Anthony Clark made a winning return after injury when he and Heather Olver defeated China's Qiu Zihan and Yu Luo 21-16 21-16.

But they now face Denmark's second seeds and world champions Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Juhl.

Robertson soon got the chance to make up for his mixed doubles disappointment when he and Clark began the defence of their Singapore men's doubles crown with a 21-13 21-15 win over Thien How Hoon and Soon Hock Ong of Malaysia.

They will face the winners of the clash between Marcus Ellis and Peter Mills and third seeds Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen. Blair and Chris Adcock are in action later

In the men's singles Rajiv Ouseph and Carl Baxter were in action later but Andrew Smith made an early exit, beaten 21-14 21-11 by Malaysia's Muhammad Hafiz Hashim.

Article and Photograph courtesy of Badminton England

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