Defending and 16-times Uber Cup champions eased into the semi-finals in Horsens Denmark with a 3-0 defeat of Malaysia.
China’s formidable squad led by World No 2, Wang Ziyi did face some early resistance but their path to the last four was never in doubt.
Zhiyi, the reigning All England champion, was up against the 33rd ranked Letshanaa Karupathevan in the opening singles. It was a repeat of their only other prior clash at the 2020 Uber Cup group matches.
The outcome was no different, with Zhiyi taking 47-minutes to defeat Letshanaa 21-17, 21-18.
Malaysia opted to drop their captain Thinaah Muralitharan and field the normal pairing of Ong Xin Yee-Carmen Ting in the first doubles.
It should have been a mismatch between the 22nd ranked pair and the Chinese world number pairing of Liu Shengshu-Tan Ning.
But the young Malaysian pair paid scant respect to the ranking. The battled hard for 79-minutes but found the Chinese pair far more consistent, losing 14-21, 21-16, 13-21.
Next up was world number 4 Chen Yufei up against Wong Ling Ching, ranked 37 in the world.
Yufei showed the gulf between the two, taking just 36-minutes to win the match 21-10, 21-10 and steer China into the semi-finals.
The favourites will take on the winner of the tie between Japan and Thailand in the semi-finals.
The bottom half of the quarter-finals will see Denmark taking on Indonesia and Korea, led by the mercurial An Se-young, playing Chinese Taipei.
In the Thomas Cup quarter-finals starting tomorrow, Malaysia has been once again drawn to meet China. The winners of the tie will take on winners of the second semi-finals between Thailand and Denmark.
The bottom half of the quarter-finals will see darkhorses France taking on Japan and India squaring off against Chinese Taipei.
QUARTER-FINAL RESULTS
CHINA BEAT MALAYSIA
Wang Zhiyi bt Letshanaa Karupathevan 21-17, 21-18; Liu Shengshu-Tan Ning bt Ong Xin Yee-Carmen Ting 21-14, 16-21, 21-13; Chen Yufei bt Wong Ling Ching 21-10, 21-10;
