Aaron Tai-Yap Roy King beat Lee Jhe Huei-Yang Po Hsuan 21-16, 21-12 in just 28 minutes.PETALING JAYA: Newly paired men’s doubles shuttlers Aaron Tai-Yap Roy King stormed into the semi-finals of the Japan Masters, making it their third last-four appearance in the five tournaments they had played since partnering last month.

World No 57 Aaron-Roy King, who lifted the Arctic Open title in their maiden outing last month, took just 28 minutes to dispose of Taiwan’s 15th-ranked duo Lee Jhe Huei-Yang Po Hsuan 21-16, 21-12 in the quarter-finals of the World Tour Super 500 championships.

The duo had shocked their world No 5 compatriots Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani in straight games in the quarter-final yesterday.