JO Muggeridge and Felicity Gallup, the English girls playing for Wales, failed in a dramatic bid to reach the women's badminton semi-finals after an epic battle at the Bolton Arena.

The Welsh pair, who beat England's top seeds Sara Sankey and Ella Miles yesterday, looked good as they swept into a 2-0 lead against Malaysians Wong Pei Tpy and Chin Eei Hui. But the Malaysians then changed their tactics to take the next three and win 4-7, 1-7, 7-1, 7-0, 7-4.

New Zealand's Geoff Bellingham lost his men's singles quarter final in straight games to Malaysia's Lee Tseun Seng.