KUALA LUMPUR: Singles shuttler Ng Tze Yong was the only Malaysian shuttler left standing at the Thailand Masters today.
The world No 29 advanced to the quarter-finals with a commanding 21-16, 21-8 win over South Korea's Heo Kwang Hee to prevent a wipeout of Malaysian shuttlers as early as the second round.
Tze Yong will take on fourth seed Angus Ng of Hong Kong for a place in the semi-finals.
Angus advanced after eliminating Malaysian world No 44 Cheam June Wei 21-9, 12-21, 21-9.
All the other Malaysians in the doubles events crashed out.
In men's doubles, recently reunited independent pairs Ng Eng Cheong-Low Hang Yee and Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub-Low Juan Shen found their opponents too strong.
Eng Cheong-Hang Yee went down 21-10, 21-15 to All England winners Shobihul Fikri-Bagas Maulana while Azriyn-Juan Shen only had themselves to blame after squandering a 19-16 lead in the second game and losing 14-21, 21-19, 21-16 to Taiwan's Chiu Hsiang Chieh-Yang Ming Tse.
Chan Peng Soon-Cheah Yee See failed to get off to a good start as an independent pair. The duo, playing in their first tournament since quitting the national team last December, were sent packing 21-19, 21-15 by Amri Syahnawi-Winny Oktavina Kandow of Indonesia.
So far, no Malaysians have won any title in the first three World Tour tournaments of this year. Aaron Cheah-Soh Wooi Yik came closest to winning, finishing second in the India Open.