Young GB women reach last eight

Wallwork and White profited from an aggressive game plan

British duo Jenny Wallwork and Gabby White upset the Danish sixth seeds to move into the last eight at the All England Championships.

The Leeds pair beat Lena Frier Kristiansen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl 21-12 21-8 in just 31 minutes at Birmingham's National Indoor Arena.

They will next meet Chinese Olympic champions Du Jing and Yu Yang.

"We're ecstatic. We didn't expect to beat them that comfortably but everything went right," said White, 18.

"That is definitely the best we have ever played."

The duo's mentor, former Olympic silver medallist Gail Emms, suggested before the tournament that the pair lacked the ability to overcome experienced opponents.

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But Wallwork's explanation of their aggressive game plan showed the pair are capable of matching that experience.

"We knew one of the girls has been injured and we wanted to get on top of her," she said.

"They are a very confident pair and we knew we would have to get shouting and get in their faces."

Fellow Briton Andrew Smith went down 15-21 21-15 21-16 to former world and Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia.

Gabby White and fellow teenager Chris Adcock went down 21-14 21-16 to European champions and compatriots Anthony Clark and Donna Kellogg.

Robert Blair and Imogen Bankier were edged out 26-24 21-19 by Flandy Limpele and Anastasia Russkikh.

And there was a shock for Hong Kong's world number two, Zhou Mi, who failed to convert a match point as she went down 21-19 18-21 23-21 to 21-year-old Chinese rising Wang Yihan.

"I almost didn't feel I lost because it was such a close match and I played really well," said Zhou. "Because of this it's not such a big issue for me."