England badminton stars Lauren Smith and Marcus Ellis have reached the semi-finals of the All England Open in Birmingham.

The Commonwealth silver medallists lost the opening game 26-24 but went on to win 22-20 and 21-11 against Hong Kong duo Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet.

Smith said afterwards: "It was unbelievable out there - this is my first Super Series semi-final now and I’ve done it at the All England in front of a home crowd, so it’s just amazing.

"I think we came back there in exciting fashion so we gave the crowd a good show, so it’s just so exciting to be playing like we are at this tournament.

"We’re in the semi-final now, we’re playing well and anything can happen, so I’m feeling really good."