Jin Wei spent 52 minutes on court against the Chinese player as the match stretched to three sets before winning 12-21, 21-17, 21-18, setting up a semi-final match against unseeded Zhang Yi Man of China.

Zhang brushed aside her compatriot Wang Zhi Yi’s challenge, winning 21-17, 21-17 in another quarter-final match.

National men’s singles player, Ng Tze Yong, also qualified for the semi-finals, after beating Denmark’s Magnus Johannesen 21-18, 21-12 in the quarter-finals.

Ng will be up against fifth seeded Indonesian Jonatan Christie, who beat Taiwanese Lee Chia Hao 21-19, 21-18 in another quarter-final match.

In the mixed doubles event, Malaysians Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie booked their place in the semi-finals as well, brushing aside Indonesian pair, Rinov Rivaldy-Pitha Haningtyas Mentari, 21-10, 21-18 in the quarter-finals.

They will play fourth seeds Tang Chun Man-Tse Ying Suet from Hong Kong who triumphed over second seeds Thom Gicquel-Delphine Delrue of France, 19-21, 21-9, 21-11.

National men’s doubles pair Nur Izzuddin Rumsani-Goh Sze Fei, however, failed to advance further after they crashed out against eighth seeded Taiwanese pair, Lee Yang-Wang Chi Lin, 19-21, 18-21 in their quarter-final match.