The football may have been cancelled at Wembley Stadium, but the action inside nearby Wembley Arena is still going ahead. Four courts, the world's best badminton players, and an opportunity for Olympic organisers to visualise just how next summer's Games might be run
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Michelle Li of Canada prepares to serve in her women's singles match with Yip Pui Yin of Hong Kong – a match which the Canadian eventually lost
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Men's singles No1 seed Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia plays a smash in his straight-sets victory over Ville Lang of Finland
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Lang screws his face in despair at the defeat
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The action is pretty frenetic in the men's doubles match between Liu Xiaolong and Qiu Zihan of China (wearing yellow) and Kien Keat Koo and Boon Heong Tan of Malaysia. The Malaysians won
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Rather oddly, the players are entering the courts through a replica of 10 Downing Street
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Imogen Bankier of Scotland goes for the shuttlecock at the same time as her partner Chris Adcock of England during their victory in the mixed doubles over Thailand's Anugritayawon and Voravichitchaikul
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A women's singles match ends with a shake of the hands over the net
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Marc Zweibler of Germany aims high in his match with Pablo Abian of Spain
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Zweibler's serve can be seen in fragmented fashion in this multiple-exposure photograph
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Abian looks exhausted after spurning two match points
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But the Spaniard finds an extra reserve of energy and goes wild after clinching victory
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The action is pretty frenetic in the men's doubles match between Liu Xiaolong and Qiu Zihan of China (wearing yellow) and Kien Keat Koo and Boon Heong Tan of Malaysia. The Malaysians won
Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian
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Rather oddly, the players are entering the courts through a replica of 10 Downing Street
Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian
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Imogen Bankier of Scotland goes for the shuttlecock at the same time as her partner Chris Adcock of England during their victory in the mixed doubles over Thailand's Anugritayawon and Voravichitchaikul
Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian
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A women's singles match ends with a shake of the hands over the net
Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian
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Marc Zweibler of Germany aims high in his match with Pablo Abian of Spain
Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian
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Zweibler's serve can be seen in fragmented fashion in this multiple-exposure photograph
Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian
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Abian looks exhausted after spurning two match points
Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian
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But the Spaniard finds an extra reserve of energy and goes wild after clinching victory
Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian
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