Philip "Phil" Sutton is a Welsh

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 badminton

Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

 player.

Career

Phil Sutton won the Welsh badminton nationals singles title 6 times in row between 1979–1985. During his career Sutton won the 1982 Peruvian Open men's singles and doubles titles in Lima. Sutton also reached the quarter finals of the mens singles 1983 All England Championships at Wembley and the last 16 of the 1983 World Championships in Denmark losing to Morten Frost

Morten Frost

Morten Frost or Morten Frost Hansen, aka "Mr Badminton", is a former badminton player and later coach, who represented Denmark...

in both events.

In 1984 Phil Sutton partnered with Jane Webster of England (she is now his wife) and reached the semifinals of the Indonesian Open mixed doubles. In 1987 Phil won the Swiss Open men's singles title.
Sutton represented Wales 87 times in international matches and competed for Wales in two Commonwealth Games, 1982 Australia and in 1986 Scotland.

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