Ethan Van Leeuwen and Abbygael Harris stormed to mixed doubles victory at the Estonian International without dropping a single game.
Their golden success opened a brilliant finals day for Badminton England, with Yue Chern Chua and Koon Fung Kelvin Ho also clinching victory in the men’s doubles.
Van Leeuwen and Harris breezed past their competition in two games from beginning to end in Tallinn, with a 21-9 21-16 victory over Ukraine’s Viacheslav Yakovlev and Polina Tkach in their opening round.
Their closest match came in the quarter-finals when the English duo were pushed all the way by Miha Ivancic and Petra Polanc of Slovenia, ulimately overcoming the pair 21-17 21-19.
They wrapped up gold with a commanding 21-11 21-14 win over France’s Gregoire Deschamp and Margot Lambert in the final.
Chua and Ho started equally strongly in Tallinn, brushing aside host nation duo Matis Kaart and Mikk Ounmaa in two games before a tough…
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