This is only the fifth tournament as a pair for Aaron Tai-Yap Roy King, who won the Arctic Open title in their maiden outing last month.PETALING JAYA: Newly paired national men’s doubles shuttlers Aaron Tai-Yap Roy King stunned their compatriots Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani today to reach the quarter-finals of the Japan Masters.
Aaron-Roy King, who are ranked No 57, took just 28 minutes to defeat world No 5 pair Sze Fei-Izzuddin 21-14, 21-15 in the World Tour Super 500 championships at the Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium.
In the opening round on Tuesday, Aaron-Roy King, who won the Arctic Open title in their maiden outing last month, also defeated Japan’s world No 16 pair Kakeru Kumagai-Hiroki Nishi. They took just 25 minutes to defeat the Japanese pair in straight games.
