Royal greeting for Aussie badminton team 28 July 2012

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• Leanne Choo and Renuga Veeran of Australia in action in their doubles match agai... © Julian Finney/Getty Images

BADMINTON: The Australian men’s and women’s badminton doubles teams will have a day to remember tomorrow on and off the court - a special meeting with the Prince of Wales, Prince Charles - before their opening round matches later that evening.
Prince Charles will be a special lunch guest at the badminton competition venue at Wembley Arena, seven hours before the Australians play.
But it is an opportunity the men’s doubles team of Ross Smith and Glenn Warfe and one of the women’s doubles team, Leanne Choo, and singles player Victoria Na did not want to miss.
Both pairs will return to the venue that night to start their Olympic Games campaign with a baptism of fire, with Smith and Warfe drawn to play the world number one Chinese pair, while Olympic debutants Choo and Renuga Veeran will play top 10 ranked Indonesia.
Coach Lasse Bundgaard said Smith and Warfe were excited to play the world’s best team for the first time and is confident they can finish in the top two in their pool to qualify for the next round of competition.
He said Choo and Veeran will have a tougher task in their pool, with their first match crucial to their campaign.