Ahmad Deedat and partner Armando Soemarno of Indonesia, who received a first-round bye, negotiated past Singapore's Rohan Kamdar and Japan's Leo Julien Sebaoun 6-0, 6-4 and third seeds Aman Agarwal of India and Britain's Sam Butler 6-2, 7-5 in an earlier round.
But the sixth seeds failed to continue their promising display, losing 6-1, 6-3 to unseeded Djurabeck Karimov of Uzbekistan and Austria's Gregor Schoefberger in the semi-finals. In singles, Ahmad Deedat and compatriot Colin Won bowed out in the third round.
Ahmad Deedat, 17, has to date recorded wins in doubles at the Malacca International Championships, Widjojo Soejono MNC Cup and the Jakarta International Championships, all Group Four-level events.
Malaysia's Alyssa Boey, 16, also made an impact in Kuching by qualifying for the girls' doubles semi-finals with Taiwan's Chang Ya Ting.
The unseeded pair, however, were edged by Taiwan's eventual champions Huang En Pei-Ma Yi Chi 3-6, 6-1, 10-7. - www.nst.com.my
