Scott Evans into the second round 

Scott Evans defeated Michael Lahnsteiner of Austria in the morning in straight sets 21/15; 21/16.

His reward is a meeting with the Chinese superstar and current Olympic champion, Lin Dan (seeded two) in the second round.

Evans targets date with Dan

Over 200 of the world's top players are heading for London, which is a test event for the Olympics as well as a qualifying tournament.

Chloe Magee, world ranked in the 50s, is first of the Irish on court, facing Indonesia's Adrianti Firdasari, a player ranked about 20 places above her.

If she wins, Magee will play world No6 Saina Nehwal of India in the second round.

In the men's singles, Scott Evans has high hopes of making it past Michael Lahnsteiner of Austria in his opening match.

The reward for Evans, if he can beat the Austrian, is a match against Chinese sporting legend Lin Dan, whose spectacular play and flamboyant lifestyle have made him the biggest name in world badminton.

Sam Magee and Tony Stephenson open their men's doubles campaign with a match against Ukrainian pair Vitaly Konov and Dmytro Zavadsky. Should they win they'll face Chinese pair Biao Chai and Zhendong Guo in the next round.

In the mixed doubles, Sam and Chloe Magee have a score to settle with French player Baptiste Careme and his partner Laura Choinet. Only a fortnight ago, they lost to Careme and a different partner in Russia.

Mission 2012 - Scott Evans meets RTÉ Sport's Jacqui Hurley

This week Jacqui meets Ireland's Olympic badminton hopeful Scott Evans, who is hoping to make his second appearance at an Olympic Games, having competed in Beijing in 2008. Read more

Scott Evans is Ireland's number 1 Men's singles badminton player and became the first Irishman ever to compete at Olympic level at the Beijing Summer Olympics 2008.

Scott has represented Ireland at all levels and his biggest achivement to date was playing in the Denmark Super Series 2007 where he took his place amongst the worlds top 32 shuttlers after beating three players inside the world's top 25 along the way. A first for an Irish Badminton Player.

Scott was also the beaten finalist in the Croatian Open 2007 and the Irish International 2008. Scott was the first Irish player to achieve a quarter finals in the European Championships 2008 where he lost out to eventual winner and world number 5 Kenneth Jonassen of Denmark.

Scott is currently living and training in Denmark under the watchfull eye of former Danish great and world No 1 Jim Laugesen. Scott currently plays for Gentofte BC in the Danish Premier League.

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