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Smashers & Notts to serve up an Olympic feast of badminton
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SurreySmashers will be reeling a brace of 4-1 defeats in their first two fixtures andUniversity of Nottingham can expect a rousing charge in Guildford as the hostslook to get back to winning ways.
However, theSmashers have never beaten Nottingham in AJ Bell NBL action and with both sidesboasting a host of Olympic and world class experience this will is toughlooking fixture for both to pick up their first win of the season.
The Smasherssee a return for crowd pleaser Dean George but the intriguing back story isthat of the Adcocks – Chris and Gabby – who face each other across the net incompetition.
Chris Adcockwill lead his University of Nottingham team out and plays on two fronts – men'sdoubles with Pole star Adam Cwalina and also in the mixed with Russia's ownOlympic bronze medallist, Nina Vislova.
Like herhusband, Gabby Adcock will also double up, playing womens doubles before facingChris in the mixed, playing alongside Chris Langridge.
The singlesevents also bring their own sub plot with Sam Parsons looking for his firstSmashers win against Kieran Merrilees who was so impressive on his Nottinghamreturn in beating Birmingham captain Toby Penty.
There willbe a new event winner in the women's singles as Line Kjaersfeldt takes on LiLian Yang. Both endured defeats on their debut but could become match-nightfixture clinchers here.
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Key event| Mens Doubles: Chris Langridge & Gabby Adcock vs Chris Adcock & Nina Vislova.
This is what the AJ Bell NBL is all about - 4 Olympians, 2 Olympic bronze medallists, a pair of World Superseries champions and some bragging rights, if only for a night, up for grabs in the Adcocks household. Neither pair will want to lose this and we anticipate this may be a fixture-winning head to head that will have fans on the edge of their seats.
