Up next on Court 2, Sayaka Sato vs. Bae Youn Joo [4]. The Korean is the world no. 9, while Sayaka Sato is ranked 26th. Bae has beaten Sayaka once before, in the Asian preliminaries for the 2010 Uber Cup.
Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying managed to win the second game 21-16. Good luck in the rubber! Boleh!
Chan Peng Soon and Goh Yiu Ling defeated their seeded opponents Fuchs/Michels [6] 18-21, 21-16, 21-16! Congrats! Boleh!
Up next on Court 3 Christinna Pedersen/Kamilla Rytter Juhl [5] vs. Iris Wang/Rena Wang. The USA pair is ranked higher (29 vs. the Danish 39), but the DEN pair is seeded because of their notional points.
Up next on Court 4 Chayut Triyachart/Yao Lei vs. Nathan Robertson/Jenny Wallwork [2]. The ENG pair is ranked 12th, while the SIN pair is ranked 26th. However, the SIN pair has defeated the ENG pair at the 2010 Singapore Open.
Bae Youn Joo [4] def. Sayaka Sato 21-12, 21-14. She will face Lindaweni Fanetri in the Quarterfinals.
Up next on Court 2 Jan O. Jorgensen [1] vs. Kazushi Yamada [10]. The Dane is 10th in the world, while the Japanese player is ranked 21st. The head to head record is 3-0 in favor of the Dane, the last victory was at the 2010 Malaysia Open.
Up next on Court 3, Juliane Schenk [3] vs. Bae Seung Hee. The German is no. 8 in the world, while the Korean is ranked 30th. The head to head record is 3-1 in favor of Schenk, with her last victory over the Korean at the 2011 Korea Open.
Nathan Robertson/Jenny Wallwork [2] def. Chayut Triyachart/Yao Lei 21-19, 21-16. They will face Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying in the Quarterfinals.
Next up on Court 4, Eriko Hirose vs. Saina Nehwal [2]. The Indian is ranked 4th in the world, while the Japanese player is the world no. 12. The head to head record is 3-1 in favor of Eriko Hirose, with the last victory registered at the 2011 AE.
Jan O. Jorgensen [1] def. Kazushi Yamada [10] 20-22, 21-15, 21-9 He will face Wong Choong Hann [12] in the Quarterfinals.
Next up on Court 2, Ajay Jayaram vs. Hans-Kristian Vittinghus [16]. The Dane is ranked 30th, and the Indian 36th. The head to head record is 2-1 in favor of HKV, but the last victory was the Indian's, in the qualification for the 2011 AE.