12 March 2025
Callum Hemming insisted it is just the start for him and Estelle van Leeuwen after a narrow defeat at the YONEX All England Badminton Championships.
The Milton Keynes natives were making their first All England appearance as a pairing with Van Leeuwen playing on the hallowed Birmingham court for the first time ever.
Up against the fourth seeds Yang Po-Hsuan and Hu Ling Fang of Chinese Taipei, Van Leeuwen and Hemming took the first game before battling to a 17-21 21-12 21-19 loss.
“We can take that we performed a good level in parts and performed to quite a satisfying level for our standard,” Hemming said.
“On reflection, it is disappointing because we lost so closely, and we lost similarly closely at the start of the year in January in Malaysia so it is frustrating that we couldn’t turn it around and get the right result.
“It is just the start for us, there is still loads we can work on which is the…
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