Chris and Gabby Adcock went out at the semi-final stages of the All England Championships in Birmingham while Andy Murray won his second round match in Indian Wells. Here’s our review of the last 24 hours:
Gabby Adcock admitted a slow start came back to haunt her and husband Chris as they fell just short of the mixed doubles final at the YONEX All England Open Badminton Championships.
In front of a sell out Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham, the world number seven Adcocks lost the first game 21-13 to Danes Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen.
But they looked send the match into a deciding third game only for the Danish fifth seeds to save five game points before winning 22-20.
That saw them advance to the final and Gabby admitted the defeat was a bitter pill to swallow.
"It's a sore feeling right now," she said. "I felt like I was reading her flicks but she changed and made it more deceptive. It's frustrating but all credit to them.
"The slow start cost us, but there are things to improve on. We are far from finished players and we've beaten the best.
"We are aged 25 and 26 and have a lot of experience in the bank already."
World number two and Olympic champion Andy Murray beat Spain'’s Marcel Granollers 6-4 7-6 to reach the third round of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells.
The Briton, 28, recovered from 3-1 down to take the first set before clinching victory in a second-set tie-break.
"It was very different conditions to what I have been practising and playing in over the past five weeks, against a tough, unorthodox player," said Murray – in his first game back after leading Great Britain to Davis Cup victory over Japan last weekend.
"He's got quite a different game. He's a very smart player, as well, an intelligent player, and often makes the right decisions."
Murray will face Argentina's Federico Delbonis in the next round.
Earlier, British women's number one Johanna Konta beat Madison Brengle 6-4 6-0 in 64 minutes.
Elise Christie helped herself to a bronze medal on day two of the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Seoul.
Christie won her 1500m semi-final in 2:43.420 minutes to make her way into what proved to be a scrappy A final.
As skaters fell all around her Christie kept a cool head to cross in 2:37.123 to finish third, with gold going to Canadian Marianne St Gelais in 2:36.844, while home favourite Minjeong Choi was runner-up.
In the B final, Charlotte Gilmartin also did well to not take a tumble and went on to finish fourth in 2:45.668.
Having missed half the season due to injury, Jack Whelbourne did extremely well to skate through to the men’s 1500m A final.
And while Tianyu Han of China took the gold ahead of Hungarian Shaoang Liu and Korean Se Yeong Park respectively, Whelbourne came home sixth in 2:17.926.
GB Short Track performance director Stewart Laing said: “Today was a mixed day of racing. GB skaters held their own in some tough races and should be proud with the outcomes of today.”
Pommel horse world champion Max Whitlock insists it is all systems go for Rio after taking gold home from the 2016 World Cup in Glasgow.
Whitlock returned to the Emirates Arena, the scene of his five 2014 Commonwealth Games medals as well as last year’s world title, and once again sent the home fans wild.
The 23-year-old finished with a total score of 89.299 to finish top of the pile, meaning Arthur Nory Oyakawa Mariano of Brazil had to settle for second, while fellow Brit Dan Purvis clinched bronze.
Bronze was also the colour of the medal Claudia Fragapane took in the women’s event but there was no doubting who the star of the show was in Scotland.
“I’m very happy, my target was to do clean routines across all six pieces in my first Glasgow World Cup so I’m really happy,” said Whitlock.
“There’s plenty more competitions coming up quickly now and we all know what’s at stake with Rio the final aim, so to start off this way with World Cup gold is a great feeling.”
Britain's Jodie Stimpson claimed her second victory in a week after winning over the shorter sprint distance at the Triathlon World Cup in Australia.
After a strong 750m sea swim in Mooloolaba, Stimpson joined the lead group of 10 women on the bike.
She then made a move early in the 5km run to set up the victory, finishing 17 seconds clear of Australia's Emma Moffatt.
Stimpson, who also won last weekend in the World Triathlon Series in Dubai now has her sights set on the next World Series event on Australia's Gold Coast on 9 April.
"It's great to back to back in Mooloolaba," she said. "It's like a home race - I've spent a lot of time here since 2009. It's a nice feeling to be back here.
"I got second last time I was here to Annie Haug, so it's nice to get the win."
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