Badminton: Ankle injury ousts Cooper

INJURY has forced Edinburgh's Jillie Cooper out of this week's Austrian International Badminton Challenge in Vienna.

The 22-year-old was meant to be playing doubles with Edinburgh's Emma Mason - they won the Yonex Scottish National Championships title together earlier this month - but she turned her ankle on the practice court.

Glasgow's Susan Egelstaff is the No. 2 seed behind Bulgaria's Linda Zechiri in the women's singles and the six-time Scottish Champion will be aiming for the perfect build-up before the All-England Open in Birmingham next month.

Egelstaff opens her campaign against Japan's Megumi Taruno tomorrow.