27 July 2024
Ben Lane and Sean Vendy took loads of positives regardless of defeat of their opening match of the Paris 2024 Olympics.
The pair fell 19-21 21-16 21-11 to Tokyo bronze medallists Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik however went toe-to-toe with their Malaysian opponents all through the Group A contest.
They made a quick begin within the French capital, leaping right into a 5-1 lead en path to profitable the opening sport 21-19 and regarded on track to repeat their spine-tingling victory over the Malaysians on the 2022 Commonwealth Video games.
However the Malaysian duo hit again to take the following two video games and seal victory.
Lane mentioned: “We truly carried out fairly nicely. We performed plenty of good badminton during the last two months and I feel we did immediately.
That was shut 💔🥵 what a battle! ⚔️
Ben and Sean bought off to a fantastic begin, taking the primary set towards the world no 4 🇲🇾
On to the following one tomorrow 🔥🇬🇧#TeamGB #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/VTvavwfUZU
— Badminton England (@BadmintonEnglnd) July 27, 2024
“The Malaysians additionally performed good badminton and sadly in sport there’s a loser and that was us immediately.”
Vendy added: “It was a troublesome match, a very good match. We performed fairly nicely.
“We got here out actually sturdy and tried to place the stress on them which I feel we did rather well. They’re a high 4 pair, high 4 on the earth, so they’re by no means going to allow us to have it simple. They got here again nicely and made us work for it and we simply couldn’t recover from the road.”
The pair made their Olympic debuts in Tokyo, exiting within the group stage in an empty area.
The newly-built La Chapelle Enviornment was bought out and rocking after a sodden Opening Ceremony set the scene for the primary Video games in Paris for a century.
British followers have purchased extra tickets than some other nation besides France and Vendy definitely felt the additional enhance.
“[The atmosphere is] unreal. It’s insane,” mentioned Vendy. “As quickly as we walked out, you’ll be able to really feel there are such a lot of folks. It’s bought out on day one in all badminton, it’s so good for our sport.
“It looks like a house Video games for us as a result of all our family and friends are there, at each level you hear them cheering for you. It provides you that couple of additional per cent. Hopefully the identical once more tomorrow, simply hopefully we’re on the profitable aspect this time.”
Lane and Vendy tackle world primary Chinese language pair Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang of their second match tomorrow morning.
They should win that sport to face an opportunity of progressing into the knockout levels, with the Chinese language having clinically dispatched Adam Dong and Nyl Yakura of Canada of their first sport.
Lane mentioned: “We’ve got simply bought to concentrate on restoration, that was a bodily match on the market and we must be as greatest ready as we will.”
