Callum Hemming and Estelle van Leeuwen claimed a bronze medal at the Denmark Challenge in Farum.
A bye in the first round was followed by a straightforward win over Indonesia’s Nikolaus Joaquin and Siti Sarah Azzahra, triumphing 21-12 21-12.
The pair then took on Marvin Seidel and Thuc Phuong Nguyen of Germany, winning 21-15 21-18 to reach the last four.
There they faced Zaidan Arrafi Awal Nabawi and Jessica Maya Rismawardani, losing 21-17 21-13 to the eventual champions.
Rory Easton and Lizzie Tolman, and Oliver Butler and Abbygael Harris also received byes to the second round.
Butler and Harris lost out 21-12 21-15 to Chinese Taipei’s Lin Bing-Wei and Lee Chih Chen but Easton and Tolman advanced 21-18 21-15 against French pair Natan Begga and Tea Margueritte.
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Their run also came to an end against an Indonesian duo – Raymond Indra and Rinjani Kwinara Nastine – as they were beaten 21-11 16-21 21-15 in the quarter-final.
Harry Huang comfortably defeated Rithvik Sanjeevi Satish Kumar of India 21-18 21-12 in the first round of the men’s singles.
He then suffered a narrow defeat over three games to home hope Jakob Houe, losing 21-12 17-21 21-19.
After receiving a bye in the first round of the men’s doubles, Rory Easton and Alex Green battled to a 22-20 16-21 21-16 loss to eventual finalists Yuto Noda and Shunya Ota of Japan
Also in the men’s doubles, Oliver Butler and Samuel Jones lost out 21-11 21-16 to Huang Tsung-I and Lin Ting-Yu.
In the women’s doubles, Abbygael Harris and Lizzie Tolman fell on the wrong side of a close match against Mariya Mitsova and Kaloyana Nalbantova, losing 21-16 12-21 21-15.
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