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Rajiv Ouseph, English number one and the number three seed won then mens singles final, beating the number two seed Przemysla Wacha from Poland after he was forced to retire in the second set through injury.
In the mixed doubles Marcus Ellis and Heather Olver beat Dave Khodabux and Selena Piek from the Netherlands in straight sets 21-19, 21-17. Olver was also in action in the womens doubles partnering Marin Agathangelou. The English pair lost out to Hui Urn Ng and Hui Lin Ng of Malaysia in three sets, 14-21, 21-16, 21-11.
In the best of the finals, Hsiao Ma Pai of Chinese Taipei beat Spain’s Carolina Marin the number two seed in a hard fought match with Hsiao coming through in three sets 12-21, 21-19, 21-7 to take the title.
In the mens doubles England’s Marcus Ellis and Peter Mills lost to Adam Cwalina and Michal Logosz the number one seeds from Poland in straight sets 21-15, 21-15.
Although there were no Irish players in action in the finals the tournament was a success for Irish number one Chloe Magee as she secured her Olympic qualification target for London 2012 by reaching the quarter finals in the womens singles.
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