Sze Fei-Izzuddin down Japanese duo to enter Malaysia Masters semis

 The world No 9 pair join Wan Arif Wan Junaidi-Yap Roy King in last-four.

Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani are gunning for a second title this season after winning the Indonesia Masters in January. (Bernama pic)

PETALING JAYA:

Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani became the second Malaysian men’s doubles pair to reach the Malaysia Masters semi-finals after defeating Japan’s Kakeru Kumagai-Hiroki Nishi in the quarter-finals today.

The world No 9 Malaysian pair, who rose to the occasion in front of the home crowd, won 21-17, 16-21, 21-16 in a 53-minute match at the Unifi Arena in Bukit Jalil.

They will meet either compatriots Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik or China’s Hu Ke Yuan-Lin Xiang Yi in the semi-finals tomorrow.

Sze Fei-Izzuddin are in the hunt for their second title this year after winning the Indonesia Masters in January.

Earlier, Wan Arif Wan Junaidi-Yap Roy King beat Chen Zhi Yi-Presley Smith of the US to set up a meeting with Danish pair Daniel Lundgaard-Mads Vestergaard in the semi-finals tomorrow. - FMT