SHAH ALAM, April 7 — Malaysia's hopes in the men's singles competition of the Malaysia Open Badminton Championships rests on the shoulders of Datuk Lee Chong Wei as two others were shown the exit today.

Chong Wei, the world number three and 10-time winner of the Malaysia Open marched into the quarterfinals after beating Son Wan Ho from South Korea 21-18, 21-12 in his second round match today.

"I approached the match very cautiously because Son Wan Ho will be coming into the match with a lot of confidence after having beaten Lin Dan from China in the India Open last week.

"Son Wan Ho was also in the list of players regarded as title contenders together with Viktor (Axelsen) from Denmark whom I will be playing tomorrow," said Chong Wei.

Chong Wei, 33, said he would have to be at his best tomorrow to maintain his unbeaten record against the Danish player who was the World Junior champion in 2010.

Malaysia's other men's singles player in the competition, Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin failed in his bid to move into the quarterfinal after losing 7-21, 16-21 to Denmark’s world number five Jan O Jorgensen.

"In the match, Jorgensen put me under pressure early and overall I was not happy with my performance today," said Iskandar.

Malaysia's challenge in the women's singles also fizzled out when Tee Jing Yi failed to match the prowess of world number one Carolina Marin from Spain, losing 13-21, 20-22. — Bernama