The fourth seed had to battle it out for 67 minutes in his quarterfinal match against eighth seed Jonatan Christie of Indonesia at the Jyske Bank Arena before prevailing in 21-16, 18-21, 21-18.

The 2021 All England champion will meet seventh seeded Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in the semifinals after Kean Yew pulled off an upset by defeating world number one and host representative Viktor Axelsen, 21-17, 21-10.

Earlier, world men’s doubles champions Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik continued their winning streak when they also advanced to the semifinals after defeating Indian pair, R.Satwiksairaj-Chirag Shetty, 21-16, 21-19.

In the last four, Aaron-Wooi Yik will meet world third ranked pair from Indonesia, Marcus Fernaldi Gideon-Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo, who overcame compatriots Leo Rolly Carnando-Daniel Marthin, 15-21, 22-20, 22-20.

Meanwhile, the national men’s pair of Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi also advanced to the semis after defeating Taiwanese pair, Lee Yang-Lu Chen, 18-21, 21-19, 21-13 in 63 minutes.

The eighth seeded pair will be up against Fajar Alfian-Rian Ardianto from Indonesia. The Indonesians beat Taiwanese pair, Lu Ching Yao-Yang Po Han in straight sets of 21-12, 21-15.

National mixed doubles pair Goh Soon Huat-Lai Shevon Jemie also created an upset when they defeated second seeds Yuta Watanabe-Arisa Higashino of Japan 21-18, 21-14 and will meet the Chinese pair, Zheng Si Wei-Huang Ya Qiong in the semifinals.