England reached the semi-finals of the European Combined Staff Championships in Baku, earlier than bowing out to France within the final 4.
The fourteen-strong staff certified second from their group, getting previous Spain and Azerbaijan to complete behind Denmark and qualify for the knockouts.
That arrange a tie with France for a spot within the closing, with the French popping out 3-0 winners.
The marketing campaign began strongly in opposition to Azerbaijan, with Abbygael Harris and Estelle van Leeuwen profitable the decider 21-6 21-9 in opposition to Leyla Jamalzade and Hajar Nuriyeva to seal a 3-2 staff victory.
Rory Easton and Lizzie Tolman opened brightly with a 21-21 and 21-9 victory within the blended doubles earlier than Harry Huang and Freya Redfearn each misplaced their singles matches, earlier than Callum Hemming and Ethan van Leeuwen earned males’s doubles victory to tie up the competition and arrange Harris and Van Leeuwen within the decider.
Denmark then sealed a 5-0 victory within the second group match. Nadeem Dal battled to a 21-13 21-16 defeat in opposition to Rasmus Gemke earlier than Leona Lee fell to Line Christophersen 21-7 21-10.
The Danes then accomplished their victory with wins in all three doubles matches to depart the English staff dealing with a decisive encounter with Spain.
Callum Hemming and Estelle van Leeuwen gave England the right begin, battling again from a recreation all the way down to defeat Ruben Garcia and Lucia Rodriguez 18-21 21-16 21-19.
Pablo Abian fought again for Spain with a hard-fought 18-21 21-18 21-11 win over Harry Huang however Leona Lee secured a 21-18 21-19 win over Clara Azurmendi to place England on the point of the final 4.
Callum Hemming and Ethan van Leeuwen sealed the semi-final spot with a 21-13 21-11 win over Daniel Franco and Rodrigo Sanjurjo earlier than England’s run was ended by France within the final 4.
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