Late comeback denied

The mixed association combination of Wales’ Charlotte Carey and Australia’s Stephanie Xu Sang came close to pulling off a comeback victory in their preliminary round meeting with Lin Ye and Yu Mengyu, but narrowly missed out as the Singapore pair squeezed through by the skin of their teeth (11-8, 11-4, 4-11, 9-11, 11-9).

Another tie that went the full distance saw France’s Laura Gasnier and Audrey Zarif get the better of Hong Kong’s Mak Tze Wing and Zhu Chengzhu (5-11, 11-5, 11-9, 4-11, 11-8).

Australian duo turn up the heat

The sole mixed doubles encounter across the two-day qualification tournament has produced a moment of delight for the host nation with Australia’s Kane Townsend and Jee Minhyung outclassing French opponents Alexandre Robinot and Audrey Zarif in straight games (11-7, 12-10, 11-6).

Action begins!

Here’s the schedule for day two of the qualification tournament in Geelong: