The sixth seed had an easy match against the Indian doubles. Ko/Shin’s was very effective and easily made the opponents lose points.

"Today’s match was better than yesterday. In the second game we were left behind, maybe because we made blunders,” said  Kho.

Apart from commenting the today’s match, the Koreaan pair also commented on their status at this tournament as the defending champion. He stated that with his partner, they wanted to defend the title.

"Since we are the defending champion, we want to keep it that way. If we win, our point will stay the same. But if we lose, the point will be lower. In short, for the next match we will perform more optimally,” Shin said.

In the quarter final match, Ko/Shin will take on an emerging winner from a battle fought by Lee Yong Dae/Yoo Yeon Seong and Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo who are at the time this article is written still playing on court #1.