1 February 2025
4 gamers are nonetheless combating for nationwide honours on two fronts after reaching the semi-finals of the English Nationwide Badminton Championships 2025.
Ethan and Estelle van Leeuwen teamed up within the combined doubles in Nottingham, whereas additionally reaching the final 4 of the open and ladies’s doubles respectively.
Lado knocked out a seed alongside Harry Wakefield within the combined doubles earlier than making it to the semi-finals within the girls’s doubles, with Elizabeth Tolman additionally making it by in each her doubles occasions.
Within the combined doubles, high seeds Ethan and Estelle van Leeuwen made it safely by within the combined doubles.
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The sibling duo didn’t drop a sport en path to the final 4 as they beat Ewen Stephen and Chloe Dennis, and Harry Strains and Susanna Ogden.
They are going to face Rory Easton and Elizabeth Tolman who once more got here by their first two matches unscathed.
Defending champions and second seeds Greg and Jenny Mairs have arrange assembly with Harry Wakefield and Annie Lado as they defied a comeback from third/fourth seeds Oliver Butler and Sian Kelly to advance.
Defending open singles champion Harry Huang needed to come from a sport all the way down to progress to the semi-finals.
Dealing with Charlie Fort within the final eight, Huang discovered himself behind earlier than recovering to advance 12-21 21-15 21-8.
Sid Palakkal pulled off an upset as he defeated third/fourth seed Heng Lin Ngan 21-16, 21-15 to make it by.
Additionally reaching the final 4 had been Cholon Kayan and Nadeem Dalvi, who will face one another having each come by their opening two matches with out dropping a sport.
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Ben Lane and Sean Vendy withdrew from their open doubles defence to go away Gregory Mairs and Ethan van Leeuwen as the one two former champions within the draw.
The 2 have shaped a partnership for this 12 months’s match and have made it by to the semi-finals the place they’ll face Oliver Butler and Samuel Jones.
Within the different half of the draw, Rory Easton and Alex Inexperienced will meet Barney Chua Yue Chen and Zach Russ with the latter coming by a 20-22 21-19 22-20 battle of their opening sport in opposition to Ollie Baczala and Ting Yu Goh.
Aahna Bhatia overcame third/fourth seed Tranthini Kumaravel 21-15 21-13 to ebook her place within the girls’s singles quarter-finals.
There she was knocked out by a fellow unseeded participant Alexandra Oprisan, who beat Bhatia 15-21 21-12 21-14 to make the final 4.
Oprisan will face high seed Freya Patel-Redfearn after she defeated Paris Olympian Dorsa Yavarivafa within the Spherical of 16.
Defending champion Kirby Ngan, who was searching for a 3rd straight victory, was unable to repeat her feat as she was crushed 13-21 21-18 21-12 by Leona Lee.
Lee will face Tashvi Parab within the semi-finals after Parab overcame Evelyn Yu and Kate Ellis en path to the final 4.
Sian Kelly and Annie Lado had been the primary girls’s doubles pair to verify their place within the final 4 with a 21-10 21-12 win over Charlotte and Gemma Atkins.
They’re joined by seeds Estelle van Leeuwen and Lisa Curtin, and Abbygael Harris and Elizabeth Tolman.
Nonetheless, third/fourth seeds Jessica Allen and Abbie Smith had been crushed in an exciting last-eight tie with Chloe Dennis and Natasha Lado, who triumphed 21-16 13-21 21-18.
Attend the English Nationwide Badminton Championships, tickets could be purchased here or watch on the Badminton England YouTube.
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