Kumamoto Masters: Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Made To Slog For Q-Final Berth

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 13 (Bernama) -- National men's doubles pair Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Mohd Rumsani survived some anxious moments en route to fighting back from a game down to check into the quarter-finals of the 2025 Kumamoto Masters in Japan today.

The second-seeded Malaysians had to slog for 65 minutes for a 21-23, 21-13, 26-24 win over homesters Keiichiro Matsui-Katsuki Tamate in the second-round clash at the Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium.

The Malaysians will face Taiwan's Lee Jhe-Huei-Yang Po-Hsuan in the last eight.

Two other Malaysian men's doubles pairs are also through to the quarter-finals - Wan Arif Wan Junaidi-Yap Roy King and Choong Hon Jian-Muhammad Haikal Nazri.

In today's second-round matches, Wan Arif-Roy King disposed of Japan's Takumi Nomura-Yuichi Shimogami 21-11, 21-19; while Hon Jian-Muhammad Haikal defeated Taiwan's Liu Kuang Heng-Yang Po Han 14-21, 21-17, 21-19.

In tomorrow's quarter-finals, Wan Arif-Roy King will meet Japan's Hiroki Midorikawa-Kyohei Yamashita, while Kuang Heng-Po Han will take on another Taiwanese pair, Chiu Hsiang Chieh-Wang Chi-Li.

Other Malaysian results: 

Women's singles: 

Wong Ling Ching bt Michelle Li (CAN) 21-17, 16-21, 21-19

Men's doubles:

Hiroki Midorikawa-Kyohei Yamashita (JPN) bt Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi 21-17, 10-21, 21-14

Kakeru Kumagai-Hiroki Nishi (JPN) bt Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub-Tan Wee Kiong 21-13, 21-11

Women's doubles:

Rui Hirokami-Sayaka Hobara (JPN) bt Ong Xin Yee-Carmen Ting 21-12, 21-9

-- BERNAMA