KUALA LUMPUR: Men’s doubles pair Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani were pushed to their limits by compatriots Wan Arif Wan Junaidi-Yap Roy King en route to booking a quarter-finals spot at the India Open in New Delhi yesterday.
Third seeds Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin had to dig deep before edging unseeded Wan Arif-Roy King 25-23, 21-19 in 44 minutes during the Super 750 tourney at the Indira Gandhi sports complex.
The world number two pair will fight for a place in the semi-finals against Taiwanese twins Lee Fang-Chih-Lee Fang-Jen.
The Lee brothers earlier survived a rubber-set battle against their teammates, Liu Kuang Heng-Yang Po Han, 21-16, 20-22, 21-12.