The 2021 All England champion will face world No 8 Kunlavut Vitidsarn for a place in the semi-finals after the Thai went past India’s Priyanshu Rajawat 21-10, 21-17 at the Istora Gelora Bung Karno Indoor Stadium.

World No 7 Zii Jia will be joined in the last-eight of the men’s singles competition by Malaysian rising star Leong Jun Hao. This came after he defeated Chinese Taipei’s world No 11 Chou Tien-chen 21-18, 13-21, 21-17 earlier today.

World No 32 Jun Hao pulled off a stunning upset yesterday when he overcame world No 3 and reigning All England champion Jonathan Christie 21-13, 16-21, 21-12, setting up a showdown with China’s world No 4 Li Shifeng in the last-eight.

Apart from Zii Jia and Jun Hao, today’s last-16 play also saw two Malaysian men’s doubles teams, one women’s doubles team and one mixed doubles team beat their respective opponents.

In the men’s doubles competition, Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani beat Indonesians Leo Rolly Carnando-Daniel Marthin 16-21, 21-16, 21-12 while Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun defeated Rasmus Kjaer-Frederik Sogaard of Denmark 21-18, 19-21, 21-12.

However, the nation’s top men’s doubles pair of Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik were knocked out after falling to the Chinese Taipei duo of Lu Ching Yao-Yang Po Han 21-16, 21-14.

Malaysia’s top-ranked women’s doubles pair of Pearly Tan-M Thinaah progressed to the last eight after defeating Indonesia’s Apriyani Rahayu-Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti 21-18, 21-19.

In the mixed doubles, Tan Kian Meng and Lai Pei Jing advanced to the quarter-finals with a 15-21, 23-21, 21-14 result against Denmark’s Mathias Christiansen and Alexandra Boje.