13 March 2025
Greg Mairs believes he and combined doubles associate Jenny Mairs’s badminton nouse may also help them of their quest for a semi-final spot on Day 4 of the YONEX All England Open.
The pair have been handed a beneficial draw after two spectacular performances punched their ticket to the final eight of the All England for the primary time.
On Thursday, the pair will tackle fellow unseeded pairing Lee Jong Min and Chae Yu Jung of Korea within the final eight.
They are going to play fourth on the Minoru Yoneyama Court docket with the match additionally set to be dwell on the BBC.
“Lee and Chae eat the pair that now we have simply overwhelmed 21-19 within the third recreation final week, so it simply exhibits on paper, we’ve acquired an opportunity,” Greg mentioned.
“Towards the very best pairs on this planet, we all know the right way to beat all of them. Doing that’s one other matter however we’ve carried out it twice, let’s simply preserve going.”
Having by no means gained an All England match previous to Tuesday, the Mairs now have two victories below their belt in what is ready to be their closing worldwide match.
The pair started the week by knocking out the eighth seeds Natsu Saito and Hiroki Midorikawa of Japan 21-17 13-21 21-13.
The second match towards Ruttanapak Oupthong and Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat of Thailand was extra simple as they triumphed 21-19 21-16.
The world no.44s have been happy to have somebody who has expertise of successful the All England of their nook throughout the high-pressure moments of their second-round match.