As expected, Mohd Rijal/Debby Susanto become the first INA XD pair to progress to QF after a straight-set 21-9, 27-25 over Hui Wai Ho/Tse Ying Suet. They will face another HKG pair, Wong Wai Hong/Koon Wai Chee for a place in the SF. With Rijal's experience, I think they will win. Their possible opponent in the SF could be Fran Kurniawan/Pia Bernadet Zebadiah, if Fran/Pia can beat Chen Zhiben/Zhang Jinkang later on today and then Albertus Susanto Njoto/Ng Ka Shun in the QF tomorrow. After beating Ahmad Tontowi/Richi Puspita Dili, Hendra A. Gunawan/Vita Marissa will face another tough test tomorrow against possibly Qiu Zihan/Deng Yuting, then possibly Zhang Nan/Lu Lu.
Withdrawals I've just read on badzine world that Derek Wong Zi Liang (sgp), CTF/LWW (mal) and Smith (eng) are absent of the tournament because of the H1N1..