The giant-killing men’s doubles pair, who are playing in their first tournament together, defeated a Danish pair in the semi-final.
Despite playing together for the first time, the Malaysian duo played confidently to defeat world No 32 Danish pair Christian Faust Kjaer-Rasmus Kjaer 21-14, 21-16 in just 37 minutes at the Energia Areena in Vantaa, Finland last night.
The duo will face Taiwanese pair Lai Po Yu-Tsai Fu Cheng, who are ranked world No 37, in the final tonight.
This is the Malaysian duo’s fourth giant-killing feat in the championships after having beaten all higher-ranked pairs so far in straight games.
Following an upset win over their world No 24 compatriots Nur Azriyn Ayub-Tan Wee Kiong in the opening round, Aaron-Roy King went on to beat world No 21 ranked Taiwanese brothers Lee Fang Chih-Lee Fang Jen in the last 16.
They then defeated top Thai duo Peeratchai Sukphun-Pakkapon Teeraratsakul in the quarter-finals.
Winners of the doubles titles in all categories will get a prize money of US$39,500 (RM160,654) while the runners-up take home US$19,000 (RM77,277). All semi-finalists earn US$7,000 (RM28,470) each. - FMT
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