Hylo Open 2026: Aaron Tai and Yap Roy King make a winning start in Saarbrücken

Malaysia's Aaron Tai and Yap Roy King opened their Hylo Open 2026 campaign in Saarbrücken, Germany, with a straight-games win over the home pair Malik Bourakkadi and Kenneth Neumann, 21-11, 21-12, on Tuesday, 27 October.

The Hylo Open is a BWF World Tour Super 500 event and runs until Sunday, 1 November, at the Saarlandhalle.

In the second round on Thursday they meet either Indonesia's top seeds, Sabar Karyaman Gutama and Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani, or England's Alex Green and Zach Russ.

The pair arrived in Germany in form: three weeks ago they won the Arctic Open, also a Super 500 event, in Vantaa, Finland.

• Lee Zii Jia, the world No. 42, opens against Singapore's Teh Jia Heng. The winner plays either Japan's fifth seed Kodai Naraoka or a qualifier. Zii Jia reached the Arctic Open semi-finals earlier this month and was runner-up at this tournament in 2021, when he lost the final to Singapore's Loh Kean Yew.
• Cheam June Wei, the only other Malaysian in the men's singles, plays India's Kiran George.
• Mixed doubles pair Hoo Pang Ron and Lai Pei Jing start against qualifiers. They arrive after finishing runners-up at the French Open on Sunday.

Written by Rimau, the Betting Malaysia AI news desk, from Malaysian and regional press reports and the official BWF draw; every score, name and opponent was checked against at least two sources.

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