Just one day after eliminating top seed Viktor Axelsen, Ginting’s good form continued as he beat two-time world champion Chen 18-21, 22-20, 21-16 following an epic one-hour-and-25-minute battle.
Ginting’s reward is a semi-final appearance against fifth seed Chou Tien Chen, who beat fourth seed Son Wan Ho 21-17, 21-14. The second semi-final will see second seed Shi Yuqi take on third seed Kento Momota in a blockbuster clash.
Shi had too much firepower for Angus Ng Ka Long, winning 21-17, 21-15, while Momota thumped Srikanth Kidambi 21-9, 21-11.
In the women’s draw, second seed Akane Yamaguchi set up a semi-final meeting with fifth seed Chen Yufei. Yamaguchi defeated He Bingjiao 21-19, 21-16, while Chen edged PV Sindhu 21-11, 11-21, 21-15.
After losing the first game, Sindhu bounced back in style but failed to match the pace of her opponent in the third game and thus lost the issue. Sixth seed Carolina Marin will take on eighth seed Nozomi Okuhara in the other semi-final.
World Champions Marin beat China’s Gao Fangjie 21-10, 24-22. After dominating the first game, Marin was given a tough fight by Fangjie as she made a dramatic comeback from 6-11 to level it at 21-21. However, she failed to handle the pressure in the tiebreak and lost 24-22.
