Lee established an early lead against her Thai opponent and never looked back, decimating Buranaprasertsuk’s defence on her way to a 21-15, 21-12 victory in 34 minutes.

The result was one of the few upsets on a day when the majority of the seeded women’s players progressed into the second round. 

Buranaprasertsuk’s compatriot Busanan Ongbumrungpan, the number six seed, advanced with a 21-12, 18-21, 21-11 win over Chiang Mei Hui of Taiwan.

Others to progress were Nitchaon Jindapol, a 21-18, 21-15 victor at the expense of Singapore’s Xiaoyu Liang, and Pornpawee Chochuwong, who defeated Taiwan’s Shih Jyun Jhou 21-19, 16-21, 21-18.

South Korea’s Kim Na Young beat Australia’s Jennifer Tam 21-10, 21-10 to set up a meeting tomorrow with number one seed Wang Shixian of China, a 21-14, 21-16 winner against home favourite Hung Shih Han.

Wang’s compatriots Chen Yufei and Sun Yu, the number three seed, overcame Indonesia’s Fitriani Fitriani - 21-14, 21-16 - and Australia’s Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen - 21-9, 21-16 - respectively. 

The first two rounds of the men’s singles were also held today as number 13 seed Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin of Malaysia overcame Indonesia's Firman Abdul Kholik 21-19, 21-11 before defeating Singapore’s Derek Wong Zi Liang 21-10, 21-14.

"I’m happy with the win as I had lost in the early rounds in Indonesia and Australia," said Zainuddin.

"Of course it was very tiring today, having to play two matches.

"I didn’t get much of a break."

Awaiting Zainuddin in the third round is fellow Malaysian Daren Liew, who followed up a 21-12, 21-19 win over Chinese Taipei’s Kuo Ching-Hung by beating another home favourite, Shih Kuei Chun, 21-18, 21-14.

Among tomorrow’s other third-round encounters is a match between fifth seed Chou Tien-Chen of Taiwan and ninth seed Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand.

Chou beat Indonesia’s Fikri Ihsandi Hadmadi 21-12, 21-8 and Malaysia’s Giap Chin Goh 21-14, 21-18 today, while Ponsana defeated South Korea’s Seung Jae Seo 21-18, 21-18 and China's Huang Yuxiang 21-14, 21-18.