England’s Perry and Kennedy seeded to medal at Birmingham Games

Team England’s Sarah-Jane Perry and Gina Kennedy are seeded to capture silver and bronze respectively at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games after they were named second and third seeds following the release of the singles seedings today.

Birmingham-born Perry is bidding for her maiden Commonwealth title after claiming silver at the Gold Coast four years ago.

The 32-year-old is seeded to meet top seed Joelle King in the 2022 final in what could be a repeat of the 2018 games which saw King emerge victorious following a five-game thriller.

The World No.6 said:

“I’ve been preparing for the games for a very long time and to play on home soil in front of my friends and family means everything. Competition is fierce but I can’t wait to get stuck in and give it my all.

"Landing gold would be a dream come true and I’ll be doing everything I can to make my country proud.”

England’s Kennedy, the World No.8, will be making her Commonwealth Games debut at Birmingham. The 25-year-old turned pro last year and shot from World No.167 to inside the world’s top ten within the space of a year.

Kennedy said:

“I’m so excited to be making my Commonwealth Games debut in Birmingham.

"Winning a medal would be an absolute dream come true and to do it in front of a home crowd would make it even more special.

"I am so excited to get out there and do my best to bring home a medal for Team England.”

Also making their debut is Kennedy’s compatriot, Lucy Turmel who is seeded 5/8.

In the men’s draw, England’s highest ranked player, Patrick Rooney is seeded fourth and predicted to reach the semi-finals.

Rooney said: "I've really ramped up my training in preparation for the games because an opportunity like this doesn't come round often, especially competing in doubles. I can't wait to get stuck in and hopefully bag a medal along the way."

Former Commonwealth Games gold medallist James Willstrop is seeded seventh with Commonwealth Games silver doubles medallist Adrian Waller seeded sixth.

Women's seedings

First Name	Last Name	Country	Event	Seeding
Joelle	King	NZL	Women’s Singles	1
Sarah-Jane	Perry	ENG	Women’s Singles	2
Georgina	Kennedy	ENG	Women’s Singles	3
Joshna	Chinappa	IND	Women’s Singles	4
Tesni	Evans	WAL	Women’s Singles	5-8
Hollie	Naughton	CAN	Women’s Singles	5-8
Emily	Whitlock	WAL	Women’s Singles	5-8
Lucy	Turmel	ENG	Women’s Singles	5-8
Aifa	Azman	MAS	Women’s Singles	9-16
Lisa	Aitken	SCO	Women’s Singles	9-16
Rachel	Arnold	MAS	Women’s Singles	9-16
Donna	Lobban	AUS	Women’s Singles	9-16
Nicole	Bunyan	CAN	Women’s Singles	9-16
Georgia	Adderley	SCO	Women’s Singles	9-16
Yiwen	Chan	MAS	Women’s Singles	9-16
Jess	Turnbull	AUS	Women’s Singles	9-16

Men's seedings

First Name	Last Name	Country	Event	Seeding
Paul	Coll	NZL	Men’s Singles	1
Joel	Makin	WAL	Men’s Singles	2
Saurav	Ghosal	IND	Men’s Singles	3
Patrick	Rooney	ENG	Men’s Singles	4
Eain Yow	Ng	MAS	Men’s Singles	5-8
Adrian	Waller	ENG	Men’s Singles	5-8
James	Willstrop	ENG	Men’s Singles	5-8
Greg	Lobban	SCO	Men’s Singles	5-8
Ramit	Tandon	IND	Men’s Singles	9-16
Alan	Clyne	SCO	Men’s Singles	9-16
Tayyab	Aslam	PAK	Men’s Singles	9-16
Chee Wern	Yuen	MAS	Men’s Singles	9-16
David	Baillargeon	CAN	Men’s Singles	9-16
Rory	Stewart	SCO	Men’s Singles	9-16
Mohammad Syafiq	Kamal	MAS	Men’s Singles	9-16
Lwamba	Chileshe	NZL	Men’s Singles	9-16