Wales’s Richard Vaughan went out in the second round of the All England Super Series qualifying to Scottish Open winner Tago from Japan.

 In the first set it was point for point up until Vaughan opened a lead at 16-14, where he put a net kill in the net after a crucial long rally. Tago then seemed to step up the pace closing a tight set 21-19.

The 2nd set Vaughan controlled throughout opening a 20-16 lead. However he could not close out the set despite 6 set points and went down 25-23.

Vaughan said "Today was incredible frustrating, I should never have lost the 2nd set. I was in control of large parts of both sets and was not that tired. I was really ill the past 10 days with a bad chest infection and I am still not recovered. I will have to get that sorted before playing another tournament. My chest is bad, and is It’s far too much of a distraction in a tough match."

Tago later in the day went on to defeated China’s new rising star Gong Wejie in three games qualifying for the main draw where he lost to World No3 Chen Jin.

"Next week will be important for Olympic qualification I have a good chance of the main draw, but every game is tough with so many good Asian players. I will just try to get recovered the next days and be 100% for Swiss super series".

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RICHARD VAUGHAN

DOB; 16/4/78

Lives; LLANBRADACH

British No1

Highest World Ranking No7

Current World Ranking No31

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6 Welsh Caps

Education;

Masters Sports Coaching (Bath University)

BSc (Hons) Economics & PoliticsSponsors;

Memory Lane Cakes, Cardiff (Food Manufacturer) HEAD (Rackets) TEAM BATH (University), FD Systems (Computer software)Career Bests;

Olympic Games 2000 & 2004 Last 16

European Championships Bronze Medalist

Commonwealth Games Bronze Medalist

European Club Gold medal 2006

14 International Titles