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Estelle van Leeuwen: 'Our mixed doubles has become clearer working with Chris Adcock'
03.11.26, 18:28 Updated 12.11.26, 08:27 4 Minute Read
Estelle van Leeuwen has watched the best in show at the All England for the last 15 years. First as an eager fan and then last year as a competitor alongside her mixed doubles partner and boyfriend Callum Hemming.
She takes a short moment to reveal that Chinese former greats Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong have been the go-to pairing she has watched in recent years. She has even trained at their academy, while the 22-year-old remains in esteemed company given that Chris Adcock is now helping her and Hemming rise the world rankings.
It is, she says, a “full circle” moment, having been an excited spectator at the All England, either as part of a Badminton England group or with her mother and Olympian Jo Davies.
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Rod has written for every UK national newspaper in a sports journalism career spanning more than 20 years. He has covered badminton for Reuters and the Daily Telegraph at a time when the Lin Dan v Lee Chong Wei rivalry was in full flow. He is also founder of The Hockey Paper and Squash Mad.