Former world No 1 men’s pair Goh V Shem-Tan Wee Kiong led the charge when they disposed of Thai pair Supak Jomkoh-Kittinupong Kedren 21-15, 16-21, 21-15 at the Impact Arena.

“It was a bit tough as it went to three games. Perhaps I was a little slow in the second game and made a few unforced errors. Luckily, we staged a comeback.

“We adopted the wrong strategy in the second game … just not quite quick enough,” Wee Kiong told the Badminton World Federation (BWF) website.

Wee Kiong-V Shem will meet compatriots and eighth seeds Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik in the last eight tomorrow.

Aaron-Wooi Yik downed Leo Rolly Carnando-Daniel Marthin of Indonesia 21-12, 6-21, 21-12.

Also through to the quarterfinals are Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi, who beat Denmark’s Mathias Christiansen-Niclas Nohr 8-21, 21-7, 21-17.

Not to be outdone, women’s pairs Chow Mei Kuan-Lee Meng Yean, M Thinaah-Pearly Tan  and Vivian Hoo-Yap Cheng Wen also showed their mettle en route to overcoming their opponents and checking into the last eight.

There was more joy for the Malaysian men when Liew Daren also made the singles quarterfinals after defeating India’s HS Prannoy 21-17, 21-18.

However, the only women’s singles player left standing, S Kisona, fell 10-21, 12-21 to sixth-seeded PV Sindhu of India.

In the mixed doubles, fifth seeds Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying and Hoo Pang Ron-Cheah Yee See scored straight-game victories over their Indonesian and French rivals respectively.