Aaron Tai-Roy King down top seeds to reach Hylo Open quarter-finals
The recently crowned Arctic Open champions beat the world No 7 Indonesian pair, Sabar Karyaman Gutama-Reza Pahlevi Isfahani, in straight games.
Malaysia's rising men's doubles star Aaron Tai-Yap Roy King continued their impressive European performance by overcoming the top-seeded Indonesian pair, Sabar Karyaman Gutama-Reza Pahlevi Isfahani, in the World Tour Super 500 event. The world No 74 duo, who climbed 276 places in just four weeks of playing together, overcame two match points in their opening game before prevailing 22-20, 21-19 in just 38 minutes at the Saarlandhalle indoor arena in Saarbrücken, Germany.
The Malaysian pair, who are representing their country in their fourth tournament together, will face either Taiwan's Chiu Hsiang Chieh-Wang Chi Lin or France's Natan Begga-Gregoire Deschamp in the quarter-finals of the World Tour Super 500 event.
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