14 March 2025
Greg and Jenny Mairs hailed a “good ending” to their badminton careers regardless of a quarter-final defeat on Day 4 of the YONEX All England.
The combined doubles pair have been overwhelmed 21-19 21-14 by Lee Jong Min and Chae Yu Jung of South Korea within the final eight on the Utilita Area.
The loss marked the tip of their time competing in worldwide tournaments as they hold up their rackets to give attention to their thriving YouTube channel Badminton Perception.
“It was the proper ending,” Greg mentioned. “We couldn’t have requested for any extra.
“With our household, buddies, so many subscribers within the viewers, it brings us goosebumps.
“This makes me extra excited to assist extra of these guys, take pleasure in and enhance their badminton. That’s going to be so rewarding for us shifting ahead.
“We’re going to do all the things that now we have needed to do however up till now we simply haven’t had the time to do.
“We’re actually excited to do this and spend extra of our time doing that, somewhat than working it round our enjoying careers.”
With the primary recreation on a knife edge at 19-18, a shot from Lee struck the highest of the web and dropped in and that proved essential as earlier than the South Korean pair took the sport with three straight factors.
The early a part of the second recreation mirrored the primary, with the pairs unable to be separated earlier than a run of factors helped transfer Chae and Lee right into a lead.
After the Mairs had pulled a degree again, there was a defiant roar from the world to will them on however the comeback didn’t arrive.
As an alternative, the pair signed off from skilled badminton with an enormous ovation.
Jenny added: “Immediately tops all of it, to say now we have performed on the Friday on the All England what a dream come true.
“For those who had requested us not to mention final 12 months, two weeks in the past if we might have achieved that we in all probability would have mentioned no so I feel what a dream ending for us.
“The gang has been superb this week, the help not simply from the followers within the corridor, the entire volunteers and all of the help on-line has simply been so superb.
“It has actually helped us all through the week and we’re simply excited to assist as many individuals enhance their recreation.”
The Mairs’ run to the quarter-finals introduced with it the pair’s first-ever win in the primary draw of the All England.
They flew the flag for the house hopes on Day 4 as the ultimate English gamers in competition and have been properly supported together with by their subscribers.
Now, attentions will flip to celebrating their achievements, plus a wholesome quantity of enhancing with their subsequent and closing competitors vlog eagerly anticipated on Sunday.
“There was a number of movies the place, if now we have had all this time and weren’t doing all of our coaching, we’d have made them even higher,” she mentioned.
“However there was a number of time the place now we have needed to say that is ok, so I’m actually excited to attempt to make these movies nearly good as we will.”
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