However, Agathangelou took a share of the bronze in her first Island Games and at the age of 14 she can be proud of her performance this week.Her 11-5, 11-0 defeat to the No 1 seed was no disgrace but it signalled the disappointing statistic that for the first time in many years Jersey did not take home a badminton title.On the day, she came up against an opponent four years older and wiser, although Agathangelou did show flashes of the brilliance that has earned a place in the England squad.Johnson repeatedly attacked Agathangelou’s weaker backhand and that frustrated her younger opponent throughout the match.’I’m disappointed because I thought the scoreline would be a bit closer,’ said Agathangelou.
‘She was dominating the rallies, really, and putting it to my backhand every other point, so there was not much I could do.’The whole week’s been really good.
I wasn’t expecting to get to the semis because I didn’t know the standard and when I was seed four I was a bit worried.
But I got to the semis, so I was happy.’
