KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 — It was a smashing day for Malaysia’s doubles department when three men, three women and two mixed pairs cleared their second-round hurdles today to storm into the quarter-finals of the Toyota Thailand Open badminton tournament in Bangkok.

Former world number one men’s doubles 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 I 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 was quoted as saying on the Badminton World Federation (BWF) website, www.bwfbadminton.com.

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

Aaron Chia-Wooi Yik downed Leo Rolly Carnando-Daniel Marthin of Indonesia 21-12, 6-21, 21-12. Also through to the quarter-finals 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, Malaysia’s women’s doubles pairs of Chow Mei Kuan-Lee Meng Yean, M.Thinaah-Pearly Tan Koong and Vivian Hoo-Yap Cheng Wen also showed their mettle en route to overcoming their opponents and checking into the last eight.

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There was more joy for the Malaysian men when Liew Daren also made the singles quarter-finals after defeating India’s HS Prannoy 21-17, 21-18 in the second round today.

There was no such joy, however, in women’s singles when the only player left standing, S. Kisona, fell 10-21, 12-21 to sixth-seeded PV Sindhu of India.

In 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 to sail into the quarter-finals.

Second-round results:

(Notes: Malaysians unless stated; [  ] denotes seeding)

Men’s Singles:

Liew Daren bt H.S.Prannoy (IND) 21-17, 21-18

Men’s Doubles:

[8] Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik bt Leo Rolly Carnando-Daniel Marthin (INA) 21-12, 6-21, 21-12

Goh V Shem-Tan Wee Kiong bt Supak Jomkoh-Kittinupong Kedren (THA) 21-15, 16-21, 21-15

Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi bt Mathias Christiansen-Niclas Nohr (DEN) 8-21, 21-7, 21-17

Women’s Singles:

S.Kisona lost to [6] P. V.Sindhu (IND) 10-21, 12-21

Women’s Doubles:

Chow Mei Kuan-Lee Meng Yean bt Setyana Mapasa-Gronya Somerville (AUS) 21-17, 21-15

M.Thinaah-Pearly Tan Koong Le bt Vimala Heriau-Margot Lambert (FRA) 19-21, 21-16, 21-9

Vivian Hoo-Yap Cheng Wen bt Emilie Lefel-Anne Tran (FRA) 19-21, 21-17, 21-12

Mixed Doubles:

Goh Soon Juat-Shevon Lai Jemie lost to [1] Dechapol Puavaranukroh-Sapsiree Taerattanachai (THA) 12-21, 19-21

[5] Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying bt Adnan Maulana-Mychelle Crhystine Bandaso (INA) 21-18, 21-15

Hoo Pang Ron-Cheah Yee See bt Thom Gicquel-Delphine Delrue (FRA) 21-14, 21-16 — Bernama