Fierce battles were already occurred since the early rounds. One of them is a match that must be won by Hendra Setiawan and his partner Tan Boon Heong from Malaysia. Hendra / Tan was forced to fight in a three-game drama by their junior, Kenas Adi Haryanto / M Reza Pahlevi Isfahani. Losing 23-25 in the opening set, Tan / Hendra managed to steal the next two sets with 21-17 and 21-18.

"Today they played well, we've both known each other's style because we often practiced together. From our side, we probably need to be more prepared,"said Hendra.

"The Indonesian pair played well today, we are certainly happy to win the match," added Tan.

Both Tan / Hendra admitted they do not want to think much of their target in the tournament offering a US $ 1 million prize money. "I do not want to think too far myself, we have never reached either quarter-final or semifinal. So we just want to focus on each game," added Tan.

In the qualifying round final held tonight, Hendra / Tan will take on Choi Solgyu / Kim Dukyoung. The Korean pair managed to the qualifying round final after Trikusuma Wardhana / Riky Widianto's decision to retreat from the match at 21-10 and 4-4.

"In the next game we have to be better prepared," Hendra ended.