Marshall downs Parke for second night in a row. Bailey taken to the hospital. The international test series conceived by Dunlop and Hi Tec and presented by Robert Edwards, are each team matches, with three players to a team.
All matches are best of five games.
An estimated 300 spectators, including a handful of officials organizing the 2002 Commonwealth Games, provided an enthusiastic backdrop to a night of surprisingly strong drama in Bristol. If there were any doubts as to the players seriousness given the non-ranking nature of the event, the unfolding of the matches this evening dispelled that suspicion. In the first match of the evening, Tania Bailey for the second night in a row came out determined to give world number one Cassie Campion a run for her money. Campion, at this point, must be watching her backside, wondering when, not if, Bailey will be her equal. Campion, though, quickly established that she was not going to back down to Bailey's challenge, and maintained her poise and effectiveness through the first two games.