Badminton: Blair, White edged out

Scotland's Robert Blair and England's Gabby White saw their giant-killing run end in a 11-21 15-21 defeat from China's Tao Jiaming and Qing Tjan in the semi-finals of the mixed doubles at the Proton Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

The new British pair, ranked 116 in the world, had come through two rounds of qualifying plus three matches in the main draw, but finally met their match in the No. 5 seeds.