19 January, 2025
Ben Lane and Sean Vendy headlined English efforts on the YONEX-SUNRISE India Open 2025 as they reached the spherical of 16 within the males’s doubles.
The duo secured their development from the spherical of 32 within the Tremendous 750 occasion with a dominant win over India’s Chayanit Joshi and Mayank Rana in New Delhi.
The Englishmen obtained their bidding executed in two video games to prevail in opposition to a house crowd, surging to 21-8 21-14 victory.
Within the spherical of 16, Lane and Vendy confronted the unenviable problem of second seeds Wei Keng Liang and Chang Wang of China.
The pair put up a resilient show after shedding the primary recreation 21-15, as they made Liang and Wang work for the required two-point distinction.
The Chinese language duo finally captured a 24-22 victory within the second recreation regardless of Lane and Vendy’s combating effort.
Within the blended doubles, Callum Hemming and Estelle van Leeuwen had been knocked out within the spherical of 32 to fifth seeds Po-Hsuan Yang and Ling Fang Hu.
Hemming and Van Leeuwen put in a powerful efficiency in opposition to the pair from Chinese language Taipei, narrowly shedding their first recreation 21-19 earlier than 21-12 defeat within the second recreation put their hopes of development to mattress.
Gregory Mairs and Jenny Mairs had been served a troublesome draw within the Indian capital as they met second seeds Zhen Bang Jiang and Ya Xin Wei within the spherical of 32 of the blended doubles, and had been defeated 21-14 21-16 by the Chinese language duo.