Yap-Arif rejoice career-high ranking in style with smashing start


Going for broke: Yap Roy King-Wan Arif Wan Junaidi will play seasoned campaigners Mohamad Ahsan-Hendra Setiawan in the second round of the Indonesian Masters.

PETALING JAYA: Men’s doubles shuttlers Yap Roy King-Wan Arif Wan Junaidi celebrated their new career high ranking in style by taking down Taiwan’s world No. 7 Lee Jhe-huei-Yang Po-hsuan in the Indonesian Masters first round.

Roy King-Arif moved up three spots to No. 20 in the latest rankings and continued their progress by pulling off a stunning 21-17, 21-19 win over Jhe-huei-Po-hsuan in just 30 minutes at the Istora Senayan in Jakarta yesterday.

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