KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 — Buoyed by their recent Arctic Open triumph, national men’s doubles pair Aaron Tai-Yap Roy King gave another fighting display to march into the second round of the Denmark Open Badminton Championships in Odense today.

The world No. 116 Aaron-Roy King fought back from a first-game loss to overcome South Korea’s Kang Min Hyuk-Lee Jong Min 13-21, 21-18, 21-19 in 57 minutes in their first-round clash at the SJF Bank Arena.

Aaron-Roy King will next face world No. 4 compatriots Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik, who advanced to the second round yesterday.

Meanwhile, national mixed doubles pair Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie, ranked No. 10 in the world, also booked their spot in the second round after defeating world No. 43 Chen Zhi Yi-Francesca Corbett of the United States 21-15, 21-13 in 30 minutes.

Soon Huat-Shevon will meet either Scotland’s Alexander Dunn-Julie MacPherson or Denmark’s Mathias Christiansen-Alexandra Boje next.

Malaysia will definitely have another mixed doubles pair in the second round as Chen Tang Jie-Chan Wen Tse will face compatriots Jimmy Wong-Cheng Su Yin later in the evening. — Bernama