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[2]
Nick Kidd bt [3] Nathan Rice
21/15, 21/15 40m)
 "I'm
over the moon once again!
"I know Nathan has good defence and that if I attacked too soon
he'd get it back and extend the rallies, so I had to pick my
time to attack, which I thought I did quite well.
"Considering that on Thursday I was thinking of pulling out of
the tournament it's not bad - the physios patched me up and kept
me going, but if the tournament had been one day longer my
bandage would have been up to my thigh!
"No, it actually felt a bit looser today, maybe it was the
adrenalin pumping through me. My coach Sarah told me that it's
the last day, the last match of the tournament, so go out there
and give it all, don't go on thinking 'oh, I'm injured' ...
"Last year I was angry at missing out on the Commonwealth Games,
this year I wanted to make a case for the funding I lost a few
weeks ago."
"I've beaten some good players this week and I'm National
Champion again, so that must count for something, it should make
a pretty good case."
Elizabeth Cann bt [1] Jill
Pittard 21/19, 21/17 (33m)
 "I
got off to a rocky start. She changed the way she normally
plays, she hit down a lot more than usual so that threw my game
plan out of the window for a while.
"Then I started getting into my groove and it was a matter of
rebuilding my concentration.
"I'm very pleased, I went out in the semis last year so really
wanted to make amends for that, and even though I wasn't seeded
it didn't affect me at all, you still have to play and beat the
top players to win it."
[1]
Blair & Clark bt [2]
Langridge & Lindley
21/16, 21/15 (32m)
 "We've
been playing some fantastic badminton together since we teamed
up 18 months ago, we're really starting to gel now.
"The lads did well, but they were maybe a bit nervous, they went
for a few shots too early trying for winners. That can happen to
you sometimes when you get to a final, the event can get to you.
"It's the first time I've won two titles at one event, and it's
my sixth men's doubles title on the trot which is very pleasing,
obviously.
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[2]
Clark & Kellog bt [1]
Robertson & Emms 23/21, 14/21, 22/20 (65m)
 "We'd
never beaten them before, you just have to fight against them,
don't you.
"We know when we play them that we need slower shuttles, they're
so good when it's fast. It's slower in here, so it allows us to
play our game more.
"We've been struggling with our movement for a few weeks, but
today our movement was great.
"This is a great boost for the All-England, and it's good that
we've got two pairs right up there in the world standings, and
some good youngsters coming through who can take over from us
when we finish."
[1]
Emms & Kellogg bt
[2] Munt & Nicholas 21/17, 21/17 (34m)
 "We
play each other a lot in training, so it's hard when we have to
play against each other in tournaments, we know each others'
games so well.
"After three sets in the mixed we were both absolutely
knackered, but we managed to play well enough to win.
"It's taken a few years for me to win two trophies in one
tournament, it's a nice feeling."
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04-Feb-07:
There was history and histrionics, and more besides. World
champions Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms lost their
national title and Robertson gained a yellow crowd for stamping
on the shuttle - but the 23-21, 14-21, 22-20 defeat to
Anthony Clark and Donna Kellogg still enhanced the
reputations of England's most famous badminton players.
