Badminton World Championships - Adcocks lose semi-final

1. Watch live BBC Sport coverage of the semi-finals from Glasgow
2. Britain's Gabby and Chris Adcock lose their mixed doubles semi-final against top seeds Zheng Siwei and Cheng Qingchen of China
3. Second session: 17:00-22:00

GB's Adcocks lose mixed doubles semi

By Nick Hope

BBC Olympic sports reporter

Adcocks lose to Chinese duo in semis

Adcocks knocked out

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British duo Chris and Gabby Adcock are knocked out in the semi-finals to dominant Chinese top seeds Zheng Siwei and Cheng Qingchen. Despite saving match points in the second game, the pressure told and they now have to settle for a bronze medal, losing 21-15, 23-21.

Today's order of play

Axelsen (Den) bt Chen (Chn) 21-9 21-10

Ahmad & Natsir (Idn) bt Lee & Chau (HK) 21-16 21-13

Ahsan & Saputro (Idn) bt Kamura & Sonoda (Jpn) 21-12 21-15

Chen & Jia (Chn) bt Matsumoto & Takahashi (Jpn) 21-17 21-15

Okuhara (Jpn) bt Nehwal (Ind) 12-21 21-17 21-10

Lin (Chn) bt Son (Kor) 21-17 21-14

Fukushima & Hirota (Jpn)bt Juhl & Pedersen (Den) 21-17, 19-21, 21-14

Zheng & Chen (Chi) bt Adcock & Adcock (GB) 21-15, 23-21

Chai & Hong (Chn) bt Liu & Zhang (Chn) 21-17, 21-19

Pusarla (Ind) bt Chen (Chn) 21-13,21-10

Competition schedule

Saturday 26 August - Semi-finals, session one & semi-finals, session two

Sunday 27 August - Finals

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