Just two New Zealand doubles combinations remain alive at the Commonwealth Games after booking quarterfinal berths today.
Straight set wins for men Henry Tam and Oliver Leydon-Davis and women Donna Haliday and Danielle Barry takes them through to last-eighth matches tonight.
Tam and Leydon-Davis were untroubled in beating Barbados combination Dakeil Thorpe and Nicolas Reifer 21-8 21-14 but that was to change tonight, when they are drawn to face the world No 1 ranked men's doubles pair of Kien Keat Koo and Boon Heong Tan, of Malaysia.
Fourth seeds Haliday and Barry have a more winnable match, against Australians He Tian Tang and Kate Wilson-Smith after they accounted for Guernsey's Elena Johnson and Gayle Lloyd 21-13 21-15 in 20 minutes.
The three other New Zealand hopefuls were eliminated today.
In the women's singles, Michelle Chan lost her third-round match 21-11 21-9 to Scottish third seed Susan Egelstaff before Anna Rankin also exited, beaten 21-14 21-13 by England's Liz Cann.
Scotland inflicted more pain on the New Zealanders when mixed duo Tam and Haliday succumbed in a 39-minute struggle 18-21 21-6 21-17 to Watson Briggs and Imogen Bankier.
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