Marcus Ellis reaches quarter-finals with Lauren Smith and Chris Langridge at All England Championships
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Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis won men's doubles bronze at the Rio 2016 Olympics
Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith beat Japanese fourth seeds to reach the mixed doubles quarter-finals at the All England Championships in Birmingham.
The English pair, ranked 12th in the world, beat Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino 21-15 21-10.
Later, Ellis also reached the quarter-finals of the men's doubles alongside Chris Langridge.
The Olympic bronze medallists defeated Indonesian fifth seeds Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto 21-14 21-15.
But there was defeat for Smith and Chloe Birch in the women's doubles, as they were beaten 21-16 22-20 by Chinese top seeds Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan.
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