Nelson Heg and Teo Ee Yi beat Hong Kong’s Chang Tak Ching-Man Tang Chun 21-16, 21-6 in the second round yesterday.
Zulfadli, the Asian Junior champion, secured an easy 21-15, 21-15 win over Vietnam's Pham Cao Cuong in the third round and then defeated Gerald Ong of Singapore 21-9, 21-19 to book his berth in the last eight.
He will face a tougher hurdle when he meets Indonesia's Wisnu Yuli Prasetyo, who beat Thammasin Sitthikom of Thailand 21-16, 21-16, today.
He will face a tougher hurdle when he meets Indonesia's Wisnu Yuli Prasetyo, who beat Thammasin Sitthikom of Thailand 21-16, 21-16, today.
Nelson-Ee Yi cruised to a 21-16, 21-6 win over Hong Kong's Chang Tak Ching-Man Tang Chun in the second round but were stretched to the limit by Japan's Kento Momota-Taichi Saito before securing a 15-21, 22-20, 21-19 in the third round.
Nelson-Ee Yi, runners-up to compatriots Ow Yao Han-Yew Hong Kheng last year, will play Indonesians Lukhi Apri Nugroho-Kevin Sanjaya Sakamuljo in the last eight today.
The fact that Nelson had also been doing well in the mixed doubles, where he made the quarter-finals with Chow Mei Kuan, could have affected his performance in the boys' doubles.
The fact that Nelson had also been doing well in the mixed doubles, where he made the quarter-finals with Chow Mei Kuan, could have affected his performance in the boys' doubles.
Nelson had to play four matches yesterday.
In the mixed doubles, Nelson-Mei Kuan defeated Hafiz Faizal-Shella Devi Aulia of Indonesia 18-21, 21-19, 23-21 and play Denmark's Kasper Antonsen-Line Kjaersfeldt today.
In the girls' singles, Sonia Cheah saved eight match points against Cheung Ngan Yi of Hong Kong to earn a 21-6, 15-21, 24-22 win to sail into the quarter-finals.
Sonia, who trailed 14-20 in the deciding game before staging a spirited fightback against Ngan Yi, will take on third seed Nozomi Okuhara of Japan today.
Sonia and Yang Li Lian also made it to the girls' doubles quarter-finals when they beat Chloe Birch-Emily Westwood of England 21-18, 21-12 and meet South Korea's Lee So Hee-Shin Cheung Chan next.
RESULTS -- (Malaysia unless stated) Boys' Singles 3rd Rd: Viktor Axelsen (Den) bt Lee Hong Je (Kor) 21-11, 21-16; Zulfadli Zulkifli bt Pham Cao Cuong (Vie) 21-15, 21-15; Sameer verma (Ind) bt Goh Giap Chin 21-13, 21-17; Khosit Phetpradab (Tha) bt Soon Joo Ven 21-18, 22-20.
4th Rd: Viktor Axelsen (Den) bt Kai Schaffer (Ger) 21-10, 21-14; Zulfadli Zulkifli bt Gerald Ong (Sin) 21-9, 21-19.
Doubles 2nd rd: Nelson Heg-Teo Ee Yi bt Chang Tak Ching-Man Tang Chun (HK) 21-16, 21-6; Sant Enos Jani-Low Juan Shen bt Le Tan Than-Pham Cao Cuong (Vie) 21-18, 21-12.
3rd rd: Nelson Heg-Teo Ee Yi bt Kento Momota-Taichi Saito (Jpn) 15-21, 22-20, 21-19; Lee Chun Hei-Ng Ka Long (HK) bt Sant Enos Jani-Low Juan Shen 21-15, 21-16.
Women's Singles 2nd rd: Sonia Cheah bt Gayle Mahulette (Fra) 21-13, 21-9; Romina Gabdulina (Rus) bt Yang Li Lian 16-21, 21-19, 21-19.
3rd rd: Cheung Ngan Yi (HK) v Sonia Cheah
Doubles 2nd rd: Chow Mei Kuan-Lee Meng Yean bt Chisato Hoshi-Ayako Sakuramoto (Jpn) 23-21, 21-16; Sonia Cheah-Yang Li Lian bt Ramona Hacks-Jennifer Karnott (Ger) 21-13, 21-16.
3rd rd: Sonia Cheah-Yang Li Lian bt Chloe Birch-Emily Westwood (Eng) 21-18, 21-12; Chae Yoo Jung-Kim Chan Mi (Kor) bt Chow Mei Kuan-Lee Meng Yean 23-25, 21-16, 21-15.
Mixed Doubles 4th rd: Nelson Heg-Chow Mei Kuan bt Hafiz Faizal-Shella Devi Aulia (Ina); Lin Chia Yu-Shuai Pei Ling (Tai) 21-19, 21-16.
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