Beinwen Zhang was tested at the OUE Singapore Open on Thursday being forced to fight back after dropping an extended first game to Yip Pui Yin of Hong Kong 25-23. Zhang briefly led late in the game 23-22 before Yip won the final three points to take the game. Zhang never trailed in the second game winning 21-16 and used an 8-0 run after things were tied at nine in the third game as she went on to win the decisive game 21-14. The win moves her into the quarterfinals of a Super Series event for the first time since reaching back-to-back quarterfinals in October 2014.

Her opponent is surprisingly another unseeded player, He Bingjiao of China. He is a higher ranked player than Zhang so she will face an uphill challenge to make a semifinal run. Still regardless of what happens on Friday for her to be playing in one of the 20 matches on Friday is a big success.