Twice former champions Mark Dawes and Jamie Chestney held off the challenge from qualifiers Sara Nicholls and Ross Owen to stay on course for a third World Indoor Pairs title.
Winners in 2018 and again in 2021, the English duo crashed out in Round 1 last year to Jamie Walker and Perry Martin 7-2, 7-8, 2-0 but this time round they made no mistakes against the Welsh qualifiers.
It wasn't a very happy 30th birthday for student Ross and his Marketing Manager partner Sara - they started well enough but had no answer for the sustained consistency of Accounting Assistant Dawes and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Chestney, who eased through 9-2, 9-3 to book their spot in Monday's quarter finals.
RESULT
DAY 2 - Saturday 6th January
Preliminary Rounds Round 1
9.30am - (Round1)
Mark Dawes & Jamie Chestney (Eng)
bt Sara Nicholls & Ross Owen (Wales) 9-2, 9-3.
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