Scotland’s Susan Hughes shrugged off illness to go on court, but ended up desperately disappointed as she lost in three games to Danish qualifier Nanna Brosolat Jensen in the first round of the Yonex All-England Open at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham.

Hughes, the British No.1, had been struggling with a virus and she ran out of steam in the 46 minute match and went out 21-13 16-21 17-21 to a player ranked 19 places lower at No.46 in the world.

"It’s a real pity that I wasn’t 100% because it was a decent draw," said the Glasgow 26-year-old, who would have gone on to a player that she has beaten in the past, the No. 4 seed from France, Pi Hongyan. "I’ve not been feeling well and didn’t eat anything over the weekend.

"I thought, and hoped, that I might be OK. But I just got so tired and was so slow. In hindsight, I maybe should have pulled out, but I suppose I’m quite pleased that at least I gave it a go."

Hughes started in fine form and was in total control in the first game. But she lost the first five points in the second and as Brosolat Jensen gained confidence, the Scot began to tire and miss her shots. The third was close in the early stages, but the Dane won three points in a row from 10-all to snatch the initiative.

In the women’s doubles, Glasgow’s Imogen Bankier and her new English partner, Mariana Agathangelou, who won the Bank of Scotland International Championship this season with Edinburgh’s Jillie Cooper, put up a good fight against a Chinese pair before going out in straight games.

Pan Pan and Qing Tian trailed in the early stages of the first game, but then took charge to win 21-17 21-16.

In the mixed doubles, Glasgow’s Imogen Bankier and Edinburgh-born Robert Blair, the No. 7 seeds, had a scare before going through to the last 16 in three games against England’s David Lindley and Suzanne Rayappan

Bankier and Blair, who reached the quarter-finals unseeded last year, dropped the first game before easing through 19-21 21-19 21-15 and they now meet Flandy Limpele (Indonesia) and Anastasia Russkikh (Russia).

"It’s never nice having to face team mates," said Bankier, who is part of the GB raining set-up and shares a flat in Milton Keynes with Rayappan. "But I’m just glad to get through and I think we have a god chance against Flandy and Anastasia."

Having been two points away from defeat at 19-all in the second game, Blair, the former Scottish internationalist who now represents England, admitted: "I really thought we were going home."

Bankier is the only Scot left in the championships as Edinburgh’s Jillie Cooper lost 17-21 16-21 with England’s Sarah Bok to France’s Laura Choinet and Wemy Rahmwatti in the first round of the women’s doubles.