Badminton: Cooper and Blair through
The Scots beat a leading Chinese pair, Wei Hong and Pen Pan, 21-16, 21-16, and followed up with a 21-17, 19-21, 21-8 win over Taiwan’s Yu Lang Lin and Pei Chen Hsiem.
Next up for the pair is the unseeded Indonesian couple, Muhammad Rijal and Debby Susanto.
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Hide AdBut Scottish Champion Susan Egelstaff, the British No. 1, suffered a disappointing exit in the first round of qualifying for the women’s singles. The Glasgow 29-year-old, ranked No. 39 in the world, was expected to make the 32-strong main draw but she went out 17-21, 8-21 to Indonesia’s Maria Febe Kusumastuti.
In the men’s doubles qualifying, Longniddry’s Paul van Rietvelde and England’s Marcus Ellis lost 12-21, 18-21 to Malaysia’s Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif and Mohd Fairuzizuan.