Commonwealth Games: Knight, King lose semi

New Zealand's Joelle King and Martin Knight in action in an earlier match against India during the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Photo / Getty Images

New Zealand's mixed doubles squash pair of Martrin Knight and Joelle King lost their semifinal against England in Glasgow this morning.

Knight and King were beaten 2-0 by England's Peter Barker and Alison Waters. The Kiwis struggled to get into the contest, losing the first game 11-3 and the second game 11-6.

Knight and King will now play the Australian duo of Cameron Pilley and Kasey Brown in the bronze medal match tonight NZT.

The gold medal match will be contested by England and the other Australian pair of David Palmer and Rachel Grinham.