World number one shuttler Lee Chong Wei and two other national players continued their impressive performance in the 2013 Malaysian Badminton Open at the Putra Stadium as they booked a semi-final berth in the tournament.

In the quarter-final match held earlier today, Chong Wei brushed aside fifth seed Hu Yun of Hong Kong, after he registered an easy win of 21-12 and 21-9 in just 24 minute.

The 30-year old shuttler, who is aiming for his ninth Malaysian Open title, is scheduled to take on sixth seed, Jan O Jorgensen of Denmark in the semi-final clash.

The Danish player, currently ranked 15th in the world ranking, had earlier defeated another national shuttler Liew Daren 19-21, 21-13 and 21-17 in a gruelling match which lasted 62 minute.

National men's doubles pair, Goh V Shem and Lim Khim Wah who did not play yesterday also cruised into the quarter-finals of the US$400,000 (RM1.21 million) tournament after they defeated Kang Ji Wook and Lee Sang Joon of South Korea with a 21-14 and 21-16 win.

Goh and Lim however had an uphill task as they will play against another South Korean pair, Ko Sung Hyun and Lee Yong Dae, in the semi-final match tomorrow.

The sixth seed pair marched after they pulled up an upset against fourth seed, Hirokatsu Hashimoto/Noriyasu Hirata of Japan; 21-14 and 21-7 in another quarter-final match.

Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying also put up a good display as they recorded an easy win by beating their compatriots, Tan Aik Quan and Lai Pei Jing; 21-13 and 21-14 in 31 minutes.

Chan and Goh will set a date against fourth seed, Robert Mateusiak/Nadiezda Zieba of Poland after the pair defeated seventh seed, Danny Bawa Chrisnanta/Vanessa Neo Yu Yan of Singapore; 21-11 and 21-12.

The semi-final matches will start at 2pm tomorrow.