Badminton: Robert Blair and Gabby White off to a flyer

After just a month of serious training, Scotland's Robert Blair and England's Gabby White are set to jump into the world's top 100 in mixed doubles after reaching the semi-finals of the Proton Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur.

The pair, who had come through two rounds of qualifying and beaten the No1 seeds, finally bowed out in a 11-21 15-21 defeat from China's No?5 seeds, Tao Jiaming and Qing Tjan.

Blair, who reached the top ten in the world with Glasgow's Imogen Bankier a couple of years ago, will team up with White again for more ranking points in this week's Victor Korea Open Super Series.