Chloe and Sam Magee booked their place in the quarter-finals of the FZ Forza Irish Open today.
At the Sport Ireland National Indoor Arena, the Magees overcame Scottish duo Alexander Dunn and Eleanor O’Donnell 21-5 18-21 21-15 to book a spot in the last eight.
The Raphoe brother-sister combination were in good form today having dispatched Mathias Moldt Baskjaer and Janne Kornum in straight games, 21-16 21-15, earlier in the day.
The Magees now face Poland’s Milosz Bochat and Aneta Wojtkowska tomorrow in the quarter-finals.
In the men’s doubles, Sam and Joshua Magee defeated Javier Suarez and Alberto Zapico from Spain 21-12 21-7, while Joshua Magee, in the men’s singles, lost to Kai Schaefer 17-21 21-15 18-21.
Rachael Darragh and Paul Reynolds were beaten 21-9 9-21 10-21 by Andreas Sondergaard and Malene Kaeseler, while Darragh lost out in the women’s singles to Li Lian Yang 21-14 21-15.
