Jun Hao, the country’s sole representative in the men’s singles, had a shaky start against the Asian Games champion and was trailing 1-11 in the first game before finding his rhythm and coming back strongly to win the next two games.

Jun Hao, who suffered opening-round exits in his two previous tournaments, will face China’s world No 21 Weng Hong Yang in the round-of-16.

In the men’s doubles, world No 2 pair Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani beat world No 29 pair Nur Azriyn Ayub-Tan Wee Kiong 21-16, 21-16 to move into the next round.

In other men’s doubles action, world No 23 pair Yap Roy King-Wan Arif Wan Junaidi cruised past Germany’s world No 91 pair Marvin Seidel-Daniel Hess 21-11, 21-8.

World No 14 men’s doubles pair Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun will play India’s world No 9 pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty later.

In the mixed doubles, world No 3 pair Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei beat Taiwan’s world No 22 pair Ye Hong-wei-Nicole Gonzales Chan 21-15, 21-16.

World No 18 mixed doubles pair Hoo Pang Ron-Cheng Su Yin will also see action when they meet Japan’s world No 13 pair Hiroki Midorikawa-Natsu Saito.