To say it was a bad day for GB’s badminton athletes at the London Olympic Games would be very much an understatement. Defeats for both Susan Eglestaff and Rajiv Ouseph ended what can be conservatively describe as a less that productive games for the British badminton squad.

Before the days play started all the talk was about the middle sessions play and the chances of team GB singles players of advancing to the last 16 of this their home Olympics. As it happened it turned out to be the session from hell and both Egelstaff and Ouseph failed at the last group hurdle.

A packed arena was in full voice again today in support of the home athletes and the noise was deafening as Eglestaff took to the court. The Scott got off to a great start against Sato from Japan with a 21-18 win in the opening game and the crowd sensing a win was possible got fully behind the home girl.

But Sato was not about to be distracted by the home support and with a 21-12 win in the second game was right back in the match. “It did not matter how much the crowd was loudly cheering for my opponent, the only thing that mattered was knowing how much I wanted to win” said Sato. The Japanese went on to seal the match with a 21-16 win in the deciding set ending the Olympic career of the gutsy Scot, however Egelstaff is not about to hang up her racket just yet as she explained: "I am obviously disappointed to lose but I feel like I gave it everything, I couldn't have done anymore and I played really well"

"She was a lot better than me in the end and she was expected to beat me so I am pleased to have put up a good fight. It’s been a brilliant experience, playing in front of a such a supportive crowd and I’m glad I can go away saying I’ve gave it everything I had"

"I haven’t thought about anything other than the Olympics this past year but it would be amazing to play the home commonwealth games as well, not many people can say they played at home for both"

With Eglestaff out the fate of the GB badminton squad fell on the shoulders of Rajiv Ouseph. In a similar vein to Egelstaff, Ouseph got off to a magical start against Guatemala’s Kevin Cordon but unfortunately it ended similar to Egelstaff with the 25 year old from La Union, Zacapa winning in three games. “I tried and we all tried our best but it was not meant to be for us. I am only 25 so I hope I can take the lessons learned and the experience of these games to Rio in four years” said a dejected Ouseph.

The final nail in the GB’s Olympic coffin came in the final game of the session as expected Adcock and Bankier failed to find any sort of form to trouble the top seeded Chinese. I what turned out to me a miserable few hours for GB badminton Bankier and Adcock went down 21-13 21-14 to the top seeded Chinese pair Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei.

In stark contrast it was a magical day for Danish badminton winning 5 out of their 6 matches and advancing all their athletes to the last 16.

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Article by Mark Phelan LIVE at Wembley Arena, Photo by BadmintonPhoto (LIVE)