Eighth-seeded Zii Jia had a shaky start in the opening game of their quarterfinals match, going down 11-21 to the third-seeded Christie as a series of unforced errors cost him dearly.

Clearly rattled, the Malaysian was totally outplayed by his Indonesian rival in the second game, who won by 21-6, bringing their personal head-to-head record level at 5 all.

Despite Zii Jia’s defeat in the singles event, Malaysia will have a representative in the men’s doubles final as national men’s doubles pairs, Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik and Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani will play each other in the semifinals tomorrow.

Aaron-Wooi Yik stormed into the last four following their straight games win over home duo Liu Yu Chen-Ou Xuan Yi 21-14, 21-15.

Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin, on the other hand, had to endure a gruelling 68-minute battle to oust 2020 Olympic Games champions Lee Yang-Wang Chi-Lin of Taiwan 19-21, 21-19, 21-19 for their spot in the semifinals.