Leading the charge in the second round early this morning were men’s doubles pair Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun, who defeated English shuttlers Ben Lane-Sean Vendy to exact revenge for three of their compatriots who had lost to the duo in the last three tournaments.

Others who have reached the last eight were Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik, Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani, Wan Arif Wan Junaidi-Yap Roy King in the men’s doubles, and Pearly Tan-M Thinaah in the women’s doubles.

Mixed doubles pairs Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei and Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie booked their quarter-final spots last night.

The world No 5 pair, Wei Chong-Kai Wun, took nearly an hour to beat the Englishmen 13-21, 21-19, 21-14.

The Malaysians have a tough last eight match against South Korea’s world No 1 pair Kim Won Ho-Seo Seung Jae.

Sze Fei-Izzuddin came from a game down to beat Taiwan’s Lee Jhe Huei-Yang Po Hsuan 18-21, 23-21, 21-14 in a match that lasted 58 minutes. They have a tough quarter-final match against top Danish pair Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen.

Arif-Roy King won easily against China’s Xie Hao Nan-Zeng Wei Han in 38 minutes with a score of 21-12, 21-17. Their quarter-final opponents are Fajar Alfian-Muhammad Shohibul Fikri from Indonesia.

As for Aaron-Wooi Yik, they will take on the tough Indonesian pair of Sabar Karyaman Gutama- Reza Pahlevi Isfahani in the last eight. This morning, they defeated their compatriots Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi 21-17, 24-22.

Pearly-Thinaah were in great form defeating Chinese pair Bao Li Jing-Zhang Zhu Xian 22-20, 21-15 in 46 minutes. Their last eight opponents are China’s in-form duo Chen Qing Chen-Jia Yi Fan.

Tang Jie-Ee Wei will face Hong Kong’s Tang Chun Man-Tse Ying Suet while Soon Huat-Shevon Lai clash with the world No 1 pair from China, Feng Yan Zhe-Huang Dong Ping, later today.