Commonwealth Games 2014

Liam won three medals at these Games; i.e. two Silvers and one Bronze.

He won the Bronze medal in the Men's singles by beating Sharath Kamal Achanta 4-2.

Prior to that match; he also gave a good account of himself in the semi-final of the Men's singles against Gao Ning. He lead 3-2 after 5 games; however, Gao Ning showed why he is such a high ranking player, by raising his game and winning the remaining two games and the match.

Liam won his silver medals in the Men's team event and the Mixed Doubles with Tin Tin Ho.

In the Mixed Doubles semi-final; Liam and Tin Tin Ho pulled off one the big upsets of these Commonwealth Games, by beating the top seeds Zhan Jian and Feng Tianwei 3-2. They were worthy winners on the day.

Unfortunately for Liam and Tin Tin; their met their match in the final and lost 3-2 to Paul and Joanna Drinkhall.

The other English Mixed Doubles pairing of Danny Reed and Kelly Sibley, also caused an upset of their own; by beating the top seeds Zhan Jian and Feng Tianwei 3-2 in the Bronze medal match. That was a match that was interesting to watch.

I don't think anybody would have predicted England winning all of the Mixed Doubles medals before the tournament and one of the commentators made the point that a Singaporean coach had mentioned in an interview, that the English had practiced mixed doubles; whereas his players hadn't. You get the feeling that Singapore will be better prepared for the mixed doubles at the next Commonwealth Games in 2018.

On England sweeping the mixed doubles medals - that was interesting, but I guess it makes more sense given they have 3 good teams.  It definitely starts with the Drinkhalls.