Lane and Vendy lead the way for England at Malaysia Open

Ben Lane and Sean Vendy led the way for England at the Malaysia Open as they reached the quarter-finals in the men’s doubles.

The duo began their Super 1000 event by splitting the first two games with Chinese pair Xiang Yu Ren and Ji Ting He in the round of 32 before punching their ticket to the next round with a comfortable 21-11 victory in the decider.

The last 16 saw the duo enjoy more success against Indonesia’s Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani and Sabar Karyaman Gutama, winning 21-16 21-14 to progress in straight games.

Despite battling hard, the quarter-finals proved a bridge too far for as China’s Yi Liu and Bo Yang Chen prevailed 21-17 21-17 over a tight 43-minute clash.

In the mixed doubles, Greg and Jenny Mairs were beaten 21-17 21-12 by Huang Dongping and Yan Zhe Feng of China in the round of 32.

Irish Open champions Estelle van Leeuwen and Callum Hemming earned an opening round victory over Ukraine’s Yevheniia Kantemyr and Oleksii Titov before exiting in the round of 16 to Chinese Taipei duo Yang Po-Hsuan and Hu Ling Fang.

Van Leeuwen and Hemming won the first game 21-16 but the Chinese Taipei duo took the second 21-9 in a decider which went right to the wire, Yang and Hu prevailed 24-22.