July 8 2024
Ben Lane and Sean Vendy made a stirring run to the ultimate of the Canada Open in Calgary.
The boys’s doubles pair have been England’s solely representatives within the BWF World Tour Tremendous 500 match however flew the flag proudly as
they claimed a silver medal, dropping to prime seeds Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen in a decider.
It ends their pre-Olympic marketing campaign on a excessive as consideration now turns to closing preparations for Paris 2024 in only some weeks’ time.
Lane and Vendy confronted dwelling pairings in every of the primary two rounds, beating Kevin Barkman and Victor Ho of Canada in straight video games and solely dropping 15 factors in a 21-7 21-8 win.
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The third seeds have been by no means behind of their first-round match, profitable eight consecutive factors within the closing recreation.
Their victory within the second spherical was even faster with Oliver Chen and Austin Mao happening 21-9 21-5 in 18 minutes.
Up towards Lin Bing-Wei and Su Ching-Heng of Chinese language Taipei within the quarter-finals, Lane and Vendy skilled extra of a check.
The world no. 23s have been by no means greater than 5 factors forward within the first recreation earlier than needing to win the ultimate 5 factors within the second to make sure a 21-16 21-9 victory.
The semi-finals noticed Lane and Vendy face off towards opponents ranked seven locations greater than them as they took on the second seeds Frederik Soegaard and Rasmus Kjaer of Denmark.
Being the underdogs didn’t hassle them, because the English duo took each video games on the first time of asking, profitable 21-10 21-17 to succeed in the ultimate with out dropping a recreation.
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One other pair of Danes stood in the way in which of them and a gold medal as Lane and Vendy confronted defending champions and world no.2s Astrup and Rasmussen.
Lane and Vendy began fantastically profitable 9 consecutive factors to construct an 11-2 lead and take out the primary recreation.
However the prime seeds got here roaring again and have been at all times forward within the second recreation to arrange a decider.
Astrup and Rasmussen have been saved on their toes early on within the closing recreation earlier than the Danes pulled away to retain their title.
