Commonwealth Games: England take silver in all three doubles badminton finals
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Smith and Ellis fell to a shock defeat to the Singapore pair, who secured their first ever Commonwealth gold in the mixed doubles event
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All three of England's badminton doubles teams lost their gold-medal matches on Monday to take Commonwealth Games silver in Birmingham.
Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith lost 21-16 21-15 in the mixed doubles to Singapore's Terry Hee and Jessica Tan.
Then, in the men's, Sean Vendy and Ben Lane fell 21-15 21-13 to India's Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy.
Later, Smith and Chloe Birch lost to Malaysia's Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan in the women's doubles.
It was a dominant performance from the Malaysian pair who took gold with a 21-5 21-8 victory.
It marks a third consecutive Games where Smith has come away with only silver medals after taking silver in the same two events four years ago on the Gold Coast and in the mixed team event in Glasgow in 2014.
In the women's singles, PV Sindhu of India finally secured gold with a dominant 21-15 21-13 victory over Canada's Michelle Li to complete a full set of Commonwealth medals, having won bronze in 2014 and silver in 2018.
India's Lakshya Sen took gold in the men's singles after a high-quality match against world number 48 Ng Tze Yong of Malaysia, which boasted some incredible rallies, finished 19-21 21-9 21-16.