All-England final in mixed doubles

All-England final in mixed doubles

England have ended Singapore's dominance of the Commonwealth Games table tennis competition by having two teams qualify for the mixed doubles final.

Liam Pitchford and 15-year-old partner Tin-Tin Ho won a 3-2 thriller against Jian Zhan and Tianwei Fenn of Singapore, who have won every table tennis gold in Glasgow thus far.

Pitchford and Ho went into a two-game lead before their opponents fought back to force them into a decider which went 11-5 in favour of the English duo.

They will play teammates Paul Drinkhall and Joanna Drinkhall in Saturday's final, with the husband-and-wife pairing conquering another English partnership, Danny Reed and Kelly Sibley, by a 3-2 scoreline.

England are now guaranteed gold and silver in the event, but Drinkhall was among those to suffer disappointment in singles competition in Friday's earlier action.

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