By Andy Hampson, PA Sport

Andrew Baggaley hailed the greatest moment of his table tennis career after partnering Gareth Herbert to doubles gold in a dramatic final on Saturday.

The English pair survived a real test of nerves at the Table Tennis Centre in Manchester as they came from behind to edge out Welshmen Ryan Jenkins and Adam Robertson in a nerve-jangling deciding game.

The Welsh squandered three match points in a marathon 10-minute game before Baggaley and Herbert eventually prevailed on their fourth to take the match 11-9 11-13 8-11 11-9 17-15.

Baggaley, also a gold medallist in the team event, said: "This is amazing, absolutely incredible.

"We had to come from behind and it went right down to the wire, I could never have imagined this.

"I can't believe we did it. We were down in the fifth but we played well at the right times.

"We weren't going to let that gold medal slip. We just found our grip and were determined not to let it go."

Baggaley, 19, and Herbert were forced to dig deep as Wales moved in on victory in the fourth game and then built up leads of 5-1 and 9-6 in the decider.

Herbert was relieved to emerge victorious against top opponents and said: "They found it hard. They were as determined as us.

"I feel a little sorry for them - they played a great match but at match point, we came through."

The pair's success made up for England's earlier disappointment at the table after all three of the host nation's quarter-finalists, 21-year-old Herbert included, failed to make the last four.

Herbert never recovered from a slow start as he went down 13-11 11-8 11-6 4-11 11-8 to India's Chetan Baboor.

More disappointing on the home front was the failure of English number one Matt Syed, who lost both his singles and mixed doubles quarter-finals.

The 31-year-old had previously been unbeaten in any of his events in Manchester but was powerless to prevent a strong finish from Singapore's Yong Duan as he lost 11-8 5-11 6-11 11-7 11-3 11-5.

His day then went from bad to worse as he and Katy Parker were dumped out of the mixed events at the same stage by Duan and Jia Wei Li.

The four-times English champion said after the 3-2 doubles loss: "We weren't expected to win that so I thought we did very well to take it to a deciding game.

"However I am bitterly disappointed with the singles. I felt I really should have won that game. I perhaps felt the weight of expectation there."

Alex Perry also endured a miserable morning as he slumped to a comprehensive 4-1 defeat at the hands of Nigeria's Segun Toriola.

It was not the end of English medal hopes however as Sue Gilroy booked herself a place in Sunday's wheelchair singles final at the expense of compatriot Cathy Mitton.

The 29-year-old from Barnsley assured herself of at least a bronze with a 3-2 win over South Africa's Riese Rosabelle before beating Mitton, who overcome Wales' Claire Harris in her quarter-final, 3-0.

She will play Alette Moll in the final after the South African's 3-2 win over Joy Boyd of Australia.

The women's doubles final was won by Jun Hong Jing and Jia Wei Li of Singapore, who emphatically overcame New Zealanders Chunli Li and Karen Li 4-1.

Chunli Li has another shot at gold however after she and Peter Jackson overcame Jenkins and Welsh partner Bethan Daunton 3-2 in a mixed doubles quarter-final.

Australians Brett Clarke and Jian Lay and Singapore's Tai Zhang and Jun Hing are the other two pairs through to the mixed doubles semi-finals.

Chunli Li then booked a third final appearance by beating Singapore's Jun Hong Jing in the women's singles semi-finals.

The former Chinese Olympian, who won emphatically 4-1, will again play Jia Wei Li who overcame a wobble to secure another final berth for herself with a 4-2 success over Paey Tan.

Baboor's run in the singles came to an end as he fell victim to impressive top seed Johnny Huang in the semi-finals.

Canadian Huang, who earlier disposed of Tai Yong Zhang 4-0, again had little alarm as he booked his place in the final with a 4-1 win.

Toriola joined him in Sunday's gold medal match as he followed up his victory over Perry with a 4-2 win over Duan.