All England: Doubles Thrillers on the Cards
The 110th edition of the YONEX All England will begin today at Arena Birmingham. Here are some first round doubles matches that are likely to be close:
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Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen vs Lu Ching Yao/Yang Po Han
The Danes are coming to the All England after winning the Barcelona Spain Masters. They have a 3-1 record over the Chinese Taipei pair, but every match has been close – their most memorable contest being at the Hong Kong Open 2018, when the Danes won 28-26 21-19 21-16.
Choi Solgyu/Seo Seung Jae vs Takuro Hoki/Yugo Kobayashi
- Kim Astrup
- Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
- Lu Ching Yao
- Yang Po Han
- Choi Sol Gyu
- Seo Seung Jae
- Takuro Hoki
- Yugo Kobayashi
- Di Zi Jian
- Wang Chang
- Marcus Ellis
- Chris Langridge
- Chen Qing Chen
- Jia Yi Fan
- Gabriela Stoeva
- Stefani Stoeva
- Chang Ye Na
- Kim Hye Rin
- Greysia Polii
- Apriyani Rahayu
- Yuki Fukushima
- Sayaka Hirota
- Liu Xuan Xuan
- Xia Yu Ting
- Chloe Coney
- Lauren Smith
- Linda Efler
- Isabel Lohau
- Chae Yu Jung
- Goh Soon Huat
- Lai Shevon Jemie
- Hafiz Faizal
- Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
- Chris Adcock
- Gabrielle Adcock