• Badminton World Championships

Robertson and Wallwork fall at Wembley

ESPN staff
August 9, 2011
Nathan Robertson and Jenny Wallwork lost their opening match at Wembley Arena © Getty Images
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Commonwealth silver medallists Nathan Robertson and Jenny Wallwork were sent crashing out of the World Championships in London.

The tenth seeds, who are Britain's best hope for a badminton medal at London 2012, failed to make the most of the home support at the Wembley Arena, falling 21-19 21-19 to Peng Soon Chan and Liu Ying Goh.

The pair led by four points at the halfway stage in the first game, but they were unable to prevent a fightback from the Malaysian pair, who clinched the opener. Robertson and Wallwork were then four points away from forcing the match to a decider after taking a 17-14 lead in the second game but were left to rue a missed opportunities as Chan and Goh sealed their place in the third round.

Through to the second round are the British pair Chris Adcock and Imogen Bankier. Adcock and his Scottish partner were always in control of their match against Toby Ng and Grace Gao of Canada, securing a 21-11 21-14 win to progress.

The men's pairing of Anthony Clark and Chris Langridge failed to reach the third round after they fell 21-10 21-16 to the Korean duo of Jae Sung Jung and Yong Dae Lee.

England's No. 1 singles player Rajiv Ouseph lost to third seed Peter Hoeg Gade, but 18-year-old Toby Penty claimed a shock victory over Scotland's Alistair Casey. The left-hander made full use of his wildcard to claim a 21-16 21-10 win in just half-an-hour.

Top British singles player Liz Cann failed to reach the third round of the women's draw after falling 21-12 21-19 to tenth seed Porntip Buranaprasertsuk from Thailand.

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