Number one mixed doubles seeds crash out in Birmingham

NUMBER one seeds Kean Keat Koo and Boon Heong Tan have been dumped out in the first round of the men's doubles at the Yonex All England Badminton Championships in Birmingham.

SMOOTH PROGRESS: Imogen Bankier and Robert Blair won through to the second round of the mixed doubles at the All England Badminton Championships in Birmingham (Alex Roache)

The Malaysian pair were defeated in straight sets 21-13, 21-11 by Denmark's Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen.

Korea's Jae Sung Jung and Yong Dal Lee are now the highest seeds left in the mixed competition having come through against Danish teammates Mikkel Elbjorn and Christian John Skovgaard.

While British players suffered mixed fortunes as England's Robert Blair and Scotland's Imogen Bankier won against all English pair Christopher Adcock and Gabrielle White in a close game 21-19, 17-21, 21-17.

In the men's singles England's number one Rajiv Ouseph won in straight sets against Matthieu Lo Ying Ping from France 21-17, 21-19 while Andrew Smith came through 21-10, 21-11 to knock out Eric Pang of the Netherlands.

The number one seed Chong Wei Lee from Malaysia safely made it through to round two beating Chetan Anand in straight sets.

The major upset in the women's singles came as number four seed Hongyan Pi was knocked out by German Juliane Schenk 21-23, 21-12, 21-15.

Meanwhile, England's Jenny Wallwork and Gabrielle White came from a set down to defeat Korean's Ye Na Jang and Hyun Young Yoo in the women's doubles 16-21, 21-17, 21-18.

But Mariana Agathangelou and Heather Olver had a disappointing day losing to Dutch women Judith Meulendijks and Jie Yao 21-18, 21-19.

And in the men's doubles England's Andrew Ellis and Dean George did not have enough to overcome Japan's Hiroyuki Endo and Yoshiteru Hirobe as they crashed out 21-19, 21-14.