After winning the opening game, the Japanese duo battled back from match point down to beat the home favourites.

It was not an easy day for England as mixed doubles pair of Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith and women’s doubles pair Chloe Birch and Jess Pugh were knocked out.

Elsewhere, top seeds Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo of Indonesia beat Akira Koga and Taichi Sato of Japan 15-21, 21-18, 21-18 in a thrilling match.

"We are very happy to get through this match because our opponents also played very well today," said Gideon.

"They had really high spirit and really wanted to beat us, but we tried our best. We always want to do our best and we always want to win."

The day, however, belonged to India’s Lakshya Sen, who shocked third seed Anders Antonsen in the men’s singles.

Sen had beaten Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Viktor Axelsen in the German Open last week.

He continued his from by beating Antonsen 21-16, 21-18.

"I had a game plan," said Sen.

"In the first game, it was just about getting the shuttle back and being steady.

"Towards the end it was just about taking the chances and going for the kill, and at the same time being patient and controlling the shot."

Axelsen meanwhile had a routine 21-14, 21-13 win over 2021 semi-finalist Mark Caljouw of the Netherlands.

Another stellar match of the day saw women’s singles top seed Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei register a narrow 21-19, 22-20 win over Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand.

Tai will now face world number one Nozomi Okuhara of Japan for a place in the last four.

Okuhara beat Yue Han of China 21-15, 21-18.

Another Japanese Akane Yamaguchi overcame an incredibly tough test against former world no.1 Saina Nehwal of India 21-14, 17-21, 21-17.