\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJuly 28, 2026 | Paul Stimpson<\/p>\n
England\u2019s men had to dig deep to avoid defeat to New Zealand on day one of the Commonwealth Championships in Delhi, while England women won two of their three matches.<\/p>\n
The men\u2019s match was their second in Group C and two wins for Connor Green and one for Joe Hunter (pictured above) ultimately saw England recover from 1-0 and 2-1 down.<\/p>\n
Hunter lost out 3-2 (12-10, 8-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-7) to August Xiao in the first match, but Green\u2019s win in three against Jun Hyuk Choi levelled the match.<\/p>\n
Shayan Siraj was then edged out 3-2 (9-11, 11-13, 11-8, 14-12, 11-7) by Eli Ho as the New Zealanders took the lead, but again Green pulled it level by beating Xiao in four.<\/p>\n
Hunter completed the win with a 3-1 (11-3, 7-11, 11-5, 15-13) victory over Choi.<\/p>\n
Earlier, England had started with a routine 3-0 win over Cyprus, with 3-0 victories for Green and Hunter and a 3-1 margin for Ben Piggott, who sealed the match win. Also in Group C are Zambia and Falkland Islands.<\/p>\n
England\u2019s women started with a 3-0 win over Cyprus in Group C, sealed by Mari Baldwin coming from 2-1 down against Konstantina Meletie to claim a 3-2 victory.<\/p>\n
The match against Australia was always going to be tough, but Tin-Tin Ho gave England the perfect start with a 3-2 (11-5, 11-9, 11-13, 9-11, 11-5) triumph against Constantina Psihogios (WR 112).<\/p>\n
World No 31 Yangzi Liu levelled it up by defeating Jasmin Wong and, after Minhyung Jee (WR 59) had beaten Anna Green, Liu sealed a 3-1 win for the Aussies by defeating Ho in four.<\/p>\n
England bounced back with a thumping 3-0 win over Bangladesh to seal second placed in the group. They will face Malaysia, Singapore and Maldives in the second phase.<\/p>\n
Results<\/p>\n
Men\u2019s Team
Group C
England 3 Cyprus 0
Connor Green bt Sharpel Elia 3-0 (11-1, 11-7, 11-5)
Joe Hunter bt Christos Theofanou 3-0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-5)
Ben Piggott bt Alexandros Michael 3-1 (10-12, 11-8, 11-5, 11-6)<\/p>\n
England 3 New Zealand 2
August Xiao bt Hunter 3-2 (12-10, 8-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-7)
Green bt Jun Hyuk Choi 3-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-9)
Eli Ho bt Shayan Siraj 3-2 (9-11, 11-13, 11-8, 14-12, 11-7)
Green bt Xiao 3-1 (11-7, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9)
Hunter bt Choi 3-1 (11-3, 7-11, 11-5, 15-13)<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s Team
Group C
England 3 Cyprus 0
Jasmin Wong bt Foteini Meletie 3-1 (11-4, 11-8, 3-11, 11-5)
Tin-Tin Ho bt Georgia Avraam 3-0 (11-3, 11-4, 11-2)
Mari Baldwin bt Konstantina Meletie 3-2 (11-5, 9-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5)<\/p>\n
England 1 Australia 3
Ho bt Constantina Psihogios 3-2 (11-5, 11-9, 11-13, 9-11, 11-5)
Yangzi Liu bt Wong 3-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-5)
Minhyung Jee bt Anna Green 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-6)
Liu bt Ho 3-1 (11-6, 8-11, 11-6, 11-8)<\/p>\n
England 3 Bangladesh 0
Wong bt Mst Asma Khatun 3-0 (11-3, 11-6, 11-7)
Ho bt Mst Rafia Chowdhury 3-0 (11-2, 11-2, 11-1)
Green bt Laxmi Datta 3-0 (11-1, 11-3, 11-3)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"July 28, 2026 | Paul Stimpson England\u2019s men had to dig deep to avoid defeat to New Zealand…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[15944,15945,15946,15947,15948,15949,15950,28,15951],"class_list":["post-44159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-anna-green","tag-ben-piggott","tag-connor-green","tag-jasmin-wong","tag-joseph-hunter","tag-mari-baldwin","tag-shayan-siraj","tag-tennis","tag-tin-tin-ho"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}