Launch? Axelsen, Marín tried but reach the last eight
Meanwhile, seventh seed Indonesia Anthony Shinisuka Gidding suffered a shock defeat by dropping out of the competition to Leong Jun Haothe Malaysian was ranked 29 places below him.
After Leong surprisingly took the first game in which Ginting never led, the Indonesian bounced back in the second. Ginting came from behind to tie the game, then scored 10 straight points en route to tying the match at one game apiece.
But Leong started much stronger in the decider, scoring nine points in a row himself as Ginting fell behind, with the Malaysian eventually winning 21-14, 10-21, 21-8 as the seventh seed offered little resistance .
Otherwise, Olympians Victor Axelsen and Carolina Marin they were each pushed to three games, but eventually both secured their places in the last eight.
Axelsen faced Chinese Taipei Lin Chun-Yi and was looking en route to an easy win, keeping Lin behind him for the entire first game.
But world number 17 Lin managed to disrupt Axelsen’s game in the second to force a decider, before the Dane produced a near replica of the first to seal a 21-16, 14-21, 21-16 victory .
Meanwhile, Rio 2016 women’s champion Marín faced her old friend PV Sindhu in a repeat of the 2016 Olympiacos final in a match that lived up to the hype.
It was Sindhu who struck first, taking the first game 21-13 and seemingly dominating. But the Indian had no answer as Marin finally got into her groove in the second to level the match.
The decider was a thrilling affair, with Sindhu leading for most of the third game and by five points on three separate occasions. But Marin did not give up and the Spaniard leveled the game at 19-19 before crossing the line for a 13-21, 21-11, 22-20 win.