Tom Wolfenden and Peter Briggs led the English charge to the YONEX All England main draw as they sealed their place in tomorrow’s line-up alongside women’s singles star Fontaine Chapman.

Now in its 107th year, the All England Open Badminton Championships is one of just five worldwide tournaments listed as a MetLife Badminton World Federation Superseries Premier event.

And Wolfenden and Briggs more than stepped up to the mark in Tuesday’s qualification rounds, toppling Chinese Taipei opposition in their first match, triumphing in straight games.

From there, it was a smooth run into the last 32, as they claimed a 21-17 21-11 victory over French pairing Bastian Kersaudy and Julien Maio.

In Wednesday’s main draw, will face Manu Attri and Reddy B. Sumeeth of India as they look to continue their fine run of form.

And confidence is high for the pair, with Wolfenden insisting a third victory on the trot is certainly on the cards.

“It feels really great. We got off to a bit of a slow start following our performance in the first round of qualification,” he said.

“But then we found our level and our speed, and got our tactics spot on.

“The crowd were amazing, cheering us on which give us that little extra percentage that we needed to get over the finish line.

“We’ll bring a lot of energy into our match tomorrow, as well as commitment and passion.

“We’re going to go out there and really perform well. We know we can beat these guys, so we’re going to do our best.”

This week’s All England action will see the world’s best players descend on the Midlands, all challenging to take home the prized silverware on Sunday.

And for 23-year-old Wolfenden, who travels the world with his sport, there’s nothing better than performing on home soil.

“It’s amazing playing at the All England, especially because of the home support and having our families in the crowd,” he said. “It’s great to have them come down and watch.

“The home support makes it a really special tournament for us.

“The crowd make the All England what it is. Everyone wants to win this one, the very best players in the world are always here year in year out.”

Joining them in the first round proper will be women’s singles star Fontaine Chapman, who progressed with a straight games triumph over Finland’s Airi Mikkela.

Prior to that, she had already defeated Czech Republic’s Katerina Tomalova 21-13 21-19 to get her All England campaign off to the perfect start.

It was disappointment however for Greg Mairs and Jenny Moore, who after progressing to the second qualification round following the withdrawal of Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith, couldn’t overcome strong Thai opposition.

Both had earlier been eliminated in the men’s and women’s doubles, with Chris Coles and Viki Williams respectively.

Ben Lane also fell to double defeat, first with mixed doubles partner Jess Pugh against Chinese duo Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping, before missing out in the men’s doubles with Sean Vendy.

Chloe Birch could do little to prevent Mariya Mitsova of Bulgaria running away with victory in straight games, while Peter Mills also fell at the first hurdle alongside Scotland’s Adam Hall in the men’s doubles.

Tomorrow’s All England action kicks off at 9am, with Chris and Gabby Adcock, Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis, and Rajiv Ouseph all entering the main draw.

The world's best badminton players are in Birmingham for the YONEX All England (7-12 March)
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