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31-Jan-08:
Emms out 

Gail Emms has been forced to pull out of the English Nationals for the second time in four years.

The defending women's doubles champion with Donna Kellogg and the former mixed doubles champion with Nathan Robertson has not recovered from the illness which forced her to pull out before the start of last week's Korea Open and misses this weekend's tournament at Manchester Velodrome.

Emms was top seed in the mixed with Robertson, who has also withdrawn from that event, but he will still play men's doubles with Anthony Clark and they are second seeds.

George Bevan (Avon) and Caroline Smith (Leics) will be promoted from the reserve list to replace Robertson and Emms in the mixed doubles.  revised draw

Emms was also top seed with Kellogg in the women's doubles and the Derbyshire player is looking for a partner in the hope of carrying on. Kellogg is also second seed with Clark in the mixed.

Emms was forced out of the Nationals three years ago through injury.