It was a close fight but the youngsters eventually prevailed over their seniors, V Shem-Wee Kiong in the first round 21-19, 21-18.

“Today’s performance was very satisfying,” Aaron told the media after the match.

“V Shem-Wee Kiong are our seniors, we have been training together every day.

“We even know each other’s game plan. So whoever plays better wins.”

The world No 8 duo will face either Indonesia’s Marcus Fernaldi Gideon-Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo or Lin Chia Yu-Yang Ming-Tse of Taiwan in the second round.

Aaron hoped that they could maintain their momentum to challenge their opponents.

“We have to be focused because it’s not easy to beat the world No 1 pair in Marcus-Kevin,” Aaron said.

“Indeed, we want to win, regardless of whether it’s the Indonesians or Lin-Yang.

“We have met Marcus-Kevin three times and they were fiery matches which inevitably dragged into the rubber set. But we hope we can pull a strong challenge against them once again.”

Wooi Yik admitted winning the first round against their seniors had boosted their confidence.

Sharing the same sentiments with Aaron, he noted that if they have to face the Indonesian pair, they would certainly fight till the end as the stakes are high.

Also making it to the second round were Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi, who had just been dropped by the Badminton Association of Malaysia recently.

The duo performed brilliantly to beat the world No 12 pair, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty of India in 21-15, 18-21, 21-15.

The world No 19 Malaysians are scheduled to meet either eighth seeds, Cheng Kai Han-Zhou Hao Dong of China, or the unseeded pair of Jones Ralfy Jansen-Peter Kaesbauer of Germany.