Badminton: Blair in whirl in Vienna . .

Edinburgh-born Robert Blair and England's Gabby White threatened to stage a major shock before bowing out at the last 16 stage of the mixed doubles at the Wilson Swiss Badminton Open in Vienna.

The British pair fought out a tight first game against the Danish No.4 seeds, Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christina Pedersen, before exiting 21-23 12-21.

Glasgow's Imogen Bankier and England's Chris Adcock also lost after a close first game. They went out 20-22 14-21 to Malaysian's Jien Guo Ong and Sook Chin Chong.