Katherine Rednall held her nerve to edge out Birmingham 2022 double-gold medallist Ellen Fife in the women’s singles in Glasgow
Australia’s Fife claimed glory in both the singles and pairs four years ago, and posed a stiff challenge for Rednall in only her second match of Section A.
But the 30-year-old teacher from Ipswich made it two wins from two in this year’s Commonwealth Games with a 1.5-0.5, taking the first set 13-2 before drawing the second 5-5.
“That was huge,” Rednall said of her win over Fife. “When the groups came out I thought I'd got the group of death, I think.
“I wasn't so pleased I got Ellen in the second game, but I'm pleased to come out of that one with the win.”
Also making it two wins from two on Wednesday were the men’s pair of Nick Brett and Jamie Walker.
They secured a 2-0 win over Botswana’s Kaizer Geche and Charles Diteko in Section B.
“It was pretty comfortable,” Walker, who scored a Commonwealth Games silver in the singles four years ago, said.
“We were on the same rink as last time. Conditions were slightly different, and the speed was slightly different, but we've shown some good ends together and limited them to their chances of making any shots.
“There's room for improvement, but if we can improve throughout the competition, that only bodes well.”
But Joe Peplow and Kieran Rollings were unable to build on winning their opening match as they suffered a tie-break defeat to Australian duo Damien Delgado and James Reynolds.
“Obviously Australia were going to be a tough team to beat,” Rollings said. “Knowing both of them over the years, they're a very good pairing.
“I think overall we did well, we're just going to come back tomorrow, recoup tonight, and play on tomorrow morning and see what happens.
“I definitely think we can qualify for the semis.”
Michelle White and Helen Wood were beaten by Australia in the Para Women's Pairs B6-B8. The English duo lost 6-3 in the opening set before Australia completed the match with a 10-0 victory in the second.
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