The Irish contingent have bowed out of the World Badminton Championships in China.
Following their first-round win, Sam and Chloe Magee suffered defeat to Chinese Taipei pair of Wang Chi-Lin and Lee Chia Hsin. The final scoreline was 21-11 21-15.
The Irish number one mixed pair beat Fredrik Kristensen and Solvår Flåten Jorgensen of Norway in the opening round, winning in straight games 21-13 and 21-8 to get their campaign off to a dream start, but the Chinese Taipei duo were always going to be tougher opponents.
Meanwhile, Nhat Nguyen performed well in his first-round draw against Kidambi Srikanth of India, but lost out by 21-15 21-16 to the World Number 6 and former World Number 1.
He will now focus on the upcoming European U19 Championships taking place in September.
Sam and Chloe Magee lose out to World Number 12 Wang Chi-Lin & Lee Chia Hsin of Chinese Taipei 21-11 21-15 at the World Championships. Nhat Nguyen put in a good performance but the World Number 6 Kidambi Srikanth of India proved too strong beating the 17 year old 21-15 21-16... pic.twitter.com/GeHgzuhfvO
— Badminton Ireland (@bad_min_ton) July 31, 2018
