NATHAN ROBERTSON is the man to beat at the English National Championships at Manchester Veldrome from February 5-7. Robertson is top seed with Anthony Clark in the men's doubles and with Jenny Wallwork in the mixed doubles when the seedings were announced toay. Picture and copyright: badmintonphoto.com

Yorkshire's Robin Middleton and Surrey's Chris Langridge lifted the men's doubles title at the Swedish International but Jersey's Elizabeth Cann had to settle for second best in the singles. Pictures and copyright: badmintonphoto.com

Nathan Robertson went down in both his quarter-finals at the Proton Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur tonight. Pictures and copyright: badmintonphoto.com

NATHAN ROBERTSON and Jenny Wallwork won their all-English clash with Anthony Clark and Heather Olver to reach the Proton Malaysia Open quarter-finals. And Robertson and Clark later teamed up to reach the men's doubles quarter-finals. Pictures and copyright: badmintonphoto.com

Anthony Clark and Heather Olver knocked out the seventh seeds in their first match together in Kuala Lumpur today and now face England team-mates Nathan Robertson and Jenny Wallwork in the second round at the Proton Malaysia Open tomorrow. Andrew Smith beat Carl Baxter in straight games in an all-English singles clash. Pictures and...

 Two of England's top singles players, Andrew Smith and Carl Baxter, will meet in the first round of the Proton Malaysia Open tomorrow while National champion Rajiv Ouseph must take on top seed Lee Chong Wei in his opening match. new mixed doubles pairing Anthony Clark and Heather Olver launch their new partneship.