KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's impressive run of winning at least one title at each of the previous three stops of the European swing came to an end after Aaron Tai-Yap Roy King and Hoo Pang Ron-Lai Pei Jing suffered battling semi-final defeats at the Hylo Open in Saarbrucken, Germany, on Saturday.
The setbacks ended Malaysia's hopes of completing a clean sweep of titles across the four European tournaments, following earlier triumphs at the Arctic Open, Denmark Open and French Open.
Aaron-Roy King, who had been chasing a remarkable second title in just their fourth tournament together, saw their gallant run halted by Denmark's Christian Faust Kjaer-Rasmus Kjaer.
The world No. 74 Malaysians took the opening game but could not sustain their momentum, eventually falling 18-21, 21-15, 21-18 to the world No. 26 Danes in 59 minutes.
