Top 100 boost for junior pair

Timely boost: Aaron Tai and Kang Khai Xing will be motivated by their rise into the top 100 ahead of the Asian Junior Championship.

PETALING JAYA: Rising men’s doubles shuttlers Aaron Tai-Kang Khai Xing are approaching the Asian Junior Championships at the end of the month with a spring in their step after breaking into the top 100 in the latest world rankings.

Aaron, 17 and Khai Xing, 18 moved up 24 rungs from No. 107 to a career high No. 83 after reaching the quarter-finals of the Australian Open in Sydney last week. It was the pair’s maiden appearance in a World Tour Super 500 event.