The crowd gave their all; once again the atmosphere in the Scotstoun Sports Campus was passionate but for the host nation it was to be defeat at the quarter-final stage of the Men’s Team event at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Scotland suffered a
The crowd gave their all; once again the atmosphere in the Scotstoun Sports Campus was passionate but for the host nation it was to be defeat at the quarter-final stage of the Men’s Team event at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Scotland suffered a three matches to nil reverse at the hands of India the third seeds.
Defeat for Scotland meant that a mouth-watering clash against the old enemy England would not take place. In the same half of the draw as India and Scotland England beat Wales by three matches to nil.
Men’s Team: Quarter-Finals
SINGAPORE 3-0 NEW ZEALAND – Zhan Jian v Liu Tengteng (11-9 11-9 11-8); Li Hu v Phillip Xiao (11-5 11-2 11-4); Gao Ning / Li Hu v Shane Laugesen / Liu Tengteng (11-6 11-5 8-11 11-5).
AUSTRALIA 2-3 NIGERIA –William Henzell v Bode Abiodun (8-11 10-12 11-4 11-5 11-5); Yan Xin v Quadri Aruna (8-11 8-11 11-9 10-12); David Powell / Yan Xin v Bode Abiodun / Segun Toriola (11-4 7-11 9-11 15-13 4-11); William Henzell v Segun Toriola (8-11 12-10 12-10 11-7); David Powell v Quadri Aruna (7-11 4-11 4-11).
SCOTLAND 0-3 INDIA – Gavin Rumgay v Soumyajit Ghosh (6-11 5-11 6-11); Craig Howieson v Sharath Kamal Achanta (7-11 7-11 8-11); Sean Doherty / Craig Howieson v Harmeet Desai / Soumyajit Ghosh (7-11 8-11 6-11) ENGLAND 3-0 WALES Paul Drinkhall v Ryan Jenkins (11-13 11-9 11-9 11-5); Liam Pitchford v Stephen Jenkins (11-7 11-1 11-4); Andrew Baggaley / Paul Drinkhall v Stephen Jenkins / Daniel O’Connell (11-7 12-10 11-8)
Women’s Team: Semi-Finals
INDIA 1-3 SINGAPORE – Shamini Kumaresan v Feng Tianwei (1-11 11-13 5-11); Manika Batra v Yu Mengyu (11-7 5-11 11-8 5-11 11-7); Shamini Kumaresan / Madhurika Patkar v Li Ye / Yu Mengyu (9-11 7-11 5-11); Manika Batra v Lin Ye (9-11 11-9 6-11 5-11.
MALAYSIA 3-1 AUSTRALIA – Beh Lee Wei v Jian Fang Lay (12-10 14-12 11-8); Ng Sock Khim v Zhang Ziyu (6-11 6-11 5-11; Beh Lee Wei / Ho Ying v Zhenhua Dederko / Zhang Ziyu (11-7 8-11 11-9 5-11 11-7); Ng Sock Khim v Zhenhua Dederko (2-11 11-7 11-8 11-6).
