Olympic badminton : Gao Ling and Zheng Bo Out

Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms dipped in to the chemistry which saw them win a badminton mixed doubles silver medal in Athens to surge through the trickiest of first round ties in thrilling fashion.
The unseeded British pair beat number two seeds Bo Zheng and Ling Gao and what appeared to be most of China 21-16 16-21 21-19 in the Beijing University of Technology gymnasium to take their place in the quarter-finals.

It was a very different story, though, for the European champions Andrew Clarke and Donna Kellogg. Earlier in the day they had left the court heartbroken after being beaten in the first round in two straight games – 21-15, 21-8 – by the Chinese pair He Hanbin and Yu Yang, ranked fourth in the world. It was a double blow for Kellogg who yesterday also lost in the first round of the women's doubles with Emms against China's Zhang Yawen and Wei Yili.
Emms and Robertson face the Korean pair Lee Hyo-jung and Lee Yong-dae on Thursday.