Feng, best known for beating Chinese superstars Ding Ning and Liu Shiwen in the women’s final to propel Singapore to a shock gold medal at the 2010 World Team Championships in Moscow, had lost eight of her nine meetings against Zhu going into today's clash.

The seventh seed performed superbly, however, at the Salwa Club to win in five games 9-11,9-11,11-6,9-11,7-11.

“Today I didn’t think about the result, just play the point and enjoy the match," she said.

“My backhand was really good today and my head was clear.

"Playing Zhu Yuling that’s vital, her strength is once she establishes a good tempo, a good rhythm to her play.”

Feng will now face take on another top Chinese player for a place in the final, second seed Ding Ning, the highest ranked player left in the draw after world number one Liu Shiwen also suffered defeat.

Sixth-seeded compatriot Li Xiaoxia won an all-Chinese dual 11-5, 11-9, 11-6, 11-6 over Liu to repeat her semi-final victory over the same player at last year's Kuwait Open.

Li will now face Kasumi Ishikawa of Japan, who defeated Taiwan's Cheng I-Ching 11-9, 7-11, 11-9, 11-6, 7-11, 11-6 in her quarter-final.

China continued their utter dominance on the men's side with Ma Long, Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong and Zhang Jike all winning quarter-final duals this evening.

Xu was forced to dig deepest in a battle of two left handers against Japan's Mizutani, winning a seven-set thriller 6-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-7. 8-11, 9-11, 12-10.

Ma overcame Belarus' Vladimir Samsonov 11-8, 11-3, 11-6, 7-11, 11-6 and Fan recovered from a poor start to beat Tang Peng of Hong Kong 9-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-6, 11-8.

Germany's Dimitrij Ovtcharov then came close to beating China's Olympic champion Zhang, missing out in seven games 9-11, 11-4, 11-7, 9-11, 12-10, 9-11, 11-8.

Ma will play Xu and Fan will be up against Zhang in the semi-finals tomorrow.