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Magees march into European Badminton C'ship quarters

Sam and Chloe Magee
Sam and Chloe Magee

Chloe and Sam Magee are into the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles at the at the European Badminton Championships in Ukraine.

The Irish siblings progressed to the last 16 on Wednesday thanks to a three-game victory over Netherlands' Ties van der Lecq and Debora Jille.

On Thursday, they kept up their winning streak when getting past Scottish duo Christopher Grimley and Eleanor O'Donnell to earn a place in the quarters.

They will next face the number one seeds and world number eight-ranked pairing Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith of England. That clash takes place on Friday.

Elsewhere Nhat Nguyen lost his last-16 match against Denmark's Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus.

Solberg Vittinghus, who reached the final of Thailand Open, defeated the Irishman in two games, 21-11 21-11.

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