Lee will take on Lee Chia Hao on Saturday (15 June) for a place in Sunday’s final. The Chinese Taipei shuttler beat compatriot Chou Tien Chen 22-20, 22-20.

In the other quarter-final ties, the two remaining Indians, H.S. Prannoy and Sameer Verma, saw their tournaments come to an end in straight sets. Second seed Naraoka Kodai defeated Prannoy 21-19, 21-13, and he will face Chinese Taipei’s Lin Chun-Yi, who beat Verma 21-12, 21-13.

The Australian Open’s semi-finals on Saturday (15 June) and Sunday’s final will be available to stream live on Olympic Channel via Olympics.com and the Olympics mobile app, subject to territorial restrictions.