24 November, 2024
Chloe Birch and Estelle Van Leeuwen dazzled on the Scottish Open, reaching the finals of the ladies’s doubles earlier than shedding 21-14 10-21 21-8 to Debora Jille and Sara Thygesen.
The pair didn’t drop a set on their solution to the ultimate and had been put beneath the cosh after shedding the primary set, however bounced again strongly, successful the second with ease.
Nevertheless, it was to not be as they may not carry their momentum into the ultimate set and in the end needed to accept runners-up.
Elsewhere, Lisa Curtin and Abbygael Harris, in addition to Annie Lado and Sian Kelly, each reached the second spherical earlier than they had been defeated.
Birch and Van Leeuwen additionally took half within the combined doubles, they usually each reached the second spherical, partnering Estelle’s brother Ethan and Callum Hemming respectively.
Nevertheless, the standout pair had been Lado and Samuel Jones, who reached the semi-finals after battling previous Dutch duo Ties Van Der Lecq and Debora Jille 21-18 20-22 23-21.
Sadly, they may not replicate this way within the subsequent spherical, shedding in straight units, whereas Harris and Robin Harper additionally impressed with their run to the quarters.
Hemming and Ethan van Leeuwen additionally performed collectively within the males’s doubles and reached the second spherical, however got here unstuck in opposition to Scottish duo Alexander Dunn and Adam Pringle, shedding 21-17 21-19.
Jones and Oliver Butler additionally reached the second spherical whereas Chua Yue Chern and Koon Fung Kelvin Ho made all of it the way in which to the quarter-finals however misplaced to eventual winners William Kryger Boe and Christian Faust Kjaer in straight units.
Within the males’s singles, qualifier Ethan Rose made an excellent run to the semi-finals earlier than falling to prime seed and eventual winner Julien Carraggi 21-13 21-17.
Elsewhere Nadeem Dalvi triumphed in a three-set epic in opposition to Karan Rajan Rajarajan, successful 21-18 20-22 21-9, however fell to fourth seed Arnaud Merkle within the subsequent spherical, whereas Harry Huang misplaced within the first spherical.
Final however not least, Freya Patel-Redfearn made it by to the second spherical within the girls’s singles however was in the end defeated in straight units by fifth seed Kaloyana Nalbantova.