Kunlavut Vitidsarn kept alive his bid for back-to-back titles after reaching the quarter-finals of the US750,000 Singapore Open on Thursday.
The world No.3 was joined by Supanida Katethong and mixed doubles pair Supak Jomkoh and Supissara Paewsampran in the quarter-finals.
Seventh seed Kunlavut, who won the Thailand Open on Sunday, survived a tough test against Ng Tze Yong as he overcame the Malaysian 21-18, 22-24, 21-13.
The 22-year-old will play Christo Popov of France for a place in the semi-finals of the World Tour Super 750 event.
In the women’s singles, Supanida rallied to stun sixth seed Carolina Marin of Spain 17-21, 21-19, 21-17 and will…
