English squash player Nick Matthew won his second gold medal of the 2010 Commonwealth Games when he and Adrian Grant claimed the men's doubles.

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Matthew, the men's singles champion, and Grant beat Australia's David Palmer and Stewart Boswell 11-9 6-11 11-5.

Their cause was helped by an arm injury to Palmer in the decider.

England's Jenny Duncalf and Laura Massaro lost out to New Zealand's Jaclyn Hawkes and Joelle King in the women's doubles final.

Matthew and Grant made a great start to go 5-0 up in the first game of their final but gradually the Australians got their way back into the match to level it at 9-9 before England won the next two points to take the game.

Palmer had more of an influence on the second game and Australia took an early lead which they never looked like giving up and they ensured the match would go to a decider.

Matthew and Grant looked strong at the start of the third game as Palmer committed a couple of unforced errors, and when Palmer fell heavily and hurt his elbow with England leading 4-1, the match turned England's way.

Although the experienced Palmer returned to the court after some treatment, he was in obvious discomfort and Matthew and Grant were quickly able to wrap up victory.

Matthew's double means he emulates Peter Nicol in taking two Commonwealth titles at a single Games - Nicol achieved the feat in Melbourne four years ago.

"To emulate someone like him, that's amazing for me," said Matthew. "It's something I had in the back of my mind that it was possible.

"It feels a little bit surreal but I'm sure when I get home it will sink in and I'm sure Peter will be one of the first to congratulate me."

Last December, squash was overlooked for inclusion in the 2016 Olympics, having already been turned down a place in 2012, meaning the Commonwealth Games is the top competition.

"This is the pinnacle for us," added Matthew.

"We topped the medal table here for squash and I think it's a massive shame we're not in London.

"We deserve our place. We feel we're doing everything we can and we tick every box. Sooner or later we have to get in there [the Olympics]."

Duncalf won her second silver of the tournament after she and Massaro lost 11-9 11-10 to Hawkes and King but the women's singles runner-up was upset at missing out on gold.

"It was so close and that makes it more disappointing in many ways," she said.

"It was a great feeling winning the semi-final because you knew you are winning a medal but this is a horrible feeling, being so close to gold.

"I was in three events and I wanted three medals and at least one gold. I thought we had a great chance to get a gold and maybe in a few weeks I might be a bit happier with my performance."

Massaro, who came in to partner Duncalf following an injury to Alison Waters, said: "It's horrible to lose the final but we still have silver. It's kind of happy but sad."

"We were thrown together due to injury but we've really enjoyed it despite the lack of practice."