The top seeds worked hard to overcome the gritty Thai pair of Kittinupong Kedren-Dechapol Puavaranukroh 21-18, 22-20 in a match lasting 47 minutes.

The Malaysian world No 2 pair dug deep into their reserves to win the second game, which was forced into deuce by the Thai pair, who are ranked No 25 in the world.

Also through to the quarter-finals are men’s doubles pair Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik, who had little difficulty in defeating Indian pair Hariharan Amsakarunan-Ruban KumarThinasabapathi.

The world No 6 pair took 36 minutes to beat the 45th ranked Indian duo 21-15, 21-14.

However, other Malaysian representatives had a disappointing outing in the second round.

Only Sze Fei-Nur Izzudin, Aaron-Wooi Yik and mixed doubles pair Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Jemie Lai managed to secure a spot in the quarter-finals.

National men’s doubles pair Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun went down to the lower-ranked Taiwanese pair Liu Kuang Heng-Yang Poh Han 12-21, 21-16, 18-21 in 53 minutes.

Another men’s pair, Wan Arif Wan Junaidi-Yap Roy King, fell to China’s world No 3 pair Liang Wei Keng-Wang Chang 21-17, 14-21, 11-21 in 46 minutes.

Women’s doubles pair Go Pei Kee-Teoh Mei Xing were thrashed by China’s Chen Qing Chen-Jia Yi Fah, who won 21-5, 21-13 in 33 minutes.