Aaron-Wooi Yik, who are also the second seeds, needed just 33 minutes to beat the German pair of Mark Lamsfuss-Marvin Seidel 21-11, 21-13 in the quarterfinals to continue with the hunt for the first championship in their international career.

In the first game, Aaron-Wooi Yik started brilliantly when they reeled off point after point to tame the seventh seeds.

Moving onto the second game, the same script repeated itself as Lamsfuss-Seidel continued to make mistakes at the net and the opportunity was not wasted by the Malaysians who romped home to victory.

The national pair formed in 2017 have never won a BWF World Tour title, with their best achievement being runners-up at the 2018 SaarLorLux Open, 2019 All England and 2020 Thailand Open.

Aaron-Wooi Yik are expected to face either compatriots Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi or Indonesians Fajar Alfian-Rian Ardianto who meet in another quarterfinal encounter.

Meanwhile, women’s singles player S Kisona, who stormed past former world No 1 Saina Nehwal of India in the second round on Thursday, lost in the quarterfinals to Supanida Katethong. The Thai woman won 21-11, 21-12 in 39 minutes of action.

The same fate befell the women’s pair of Anna Cheong-Teoh Mei Xing when they lost 21-18, 21-18 to Germany’s Linda Efler-Isabel Lohau.