Ong Beng Hee on course. (photo © 2002 Debra Tessier)

Day two saw all the seeds move through to the quarter finals without breaking much of a sweat. Ong Beng Hee lead off proceedings by cruising past Qatar’s #1 Saoud Mohammed Al-Sulatti 9-4, 9-6, 9-0.

Beng Hee will meet Kuwaiti #1 Farsal Sukhoah, who incidentally suffered a nasty gash over his left eye during practice on opening day.

All stitched up, Surkhoah sent the parochial Korean fans home disappointed with a tough 9-2, 9-7, 9-0 win over Korean #1 Lee Yong Hee in just under 50 minutes. Hong Kong’s Abdul Faheem Khan eased into a much anticipated quarter final pairing against Pakistan’s #2 Shahid Zaman. The Hong Kong #1 gave up a single point on route to a 3-0 win over Ricky Espinosa of the Philippines. Shahid Zaman looked very sharp despite being taken to four games by part-time professional Mohammed El Said of Jordan. Zaman took the match in 57 minutes by scores of 9-6, 9-1, 6-9, 94.

The other half of the draw also played out as expected, with all the seeds moving to the quarters without breaking much of a sweat. Pakistan’s #1 and the Games #2 seed Monsoor Zaman made short work of his young Korean opponent Kim Dong Woo, winning 9-1, 9-1. 9-0 in just under 20 minutes. Zaman will face Hong Kong’s Won Wai Hang, who withstood a spirited third game effort from the speedy Japanese #1 Yoshiro Wantanabe, 9-1, 9-0, 9-7. Mohd Azlan Iskander moved a step closer to fulfilling his dream of an all Malaysian final by disposing of Kuwait’s Zeyad Alowayish. This sets up an interesting quarter final match with India’s #1 Ritwik Bhattacharya, who dismissed his inexperienced Chinese #1 Qiwen Liu in just under 10 minutes, with scores of 9-0, 9-0, 9-0.