Badminton: Thai challenge for Bankier

Scotland's Imogen Bankier and England's Chris Adcock kept up hopes of a good run at the Yonex World Championships at Wembley with a comfortable first-round victory in the mixed doubles.

Currently ranked 20 in the world, the 23-year-old Scot and Adcock had a straightforward victory, beating Canada's Toby Ng and Grace Gao 21-11, 21-14.

In the second round, the pair play against Songphon Anugritawayon and her Thai partner Kunchala Voravichitchaikul, who are the No.?8 seeds

In the men's singles, Glasgow's Alistair Casey had a chance to go through against England wild card, Toby Penty. But the last Scot in the singles events went out 16-21 10-21.