The two-time Olympic champion registered a 14-21, 21-16, 21-8 win in the quarter-finals of the BWF World Tour Super 300 event at the Indoor Stadium Huamark.

It is the third time in as many matches that Lin has been taken to a deciding game.

Standing between him and a place in the final is fellow Chinese Lu Guangzu, who defeated Indonesia’s Firman Abdul Kholik 21-15, 21-17 in the last eight.

There was a surprise result today in the other side of the men’s singles draw with sixth seed Wang Tzu Wei of Chinese Taipei losing 19-21, 22-20, 11-21 to Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew.

Loh now faces a semi-final clash with France’s Brice Leverdez, a 21-11, 21-19 winner at the expense of Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia.

In the women’s singles event, the highest-seeded player left in the draw, Canada’s Michelle Li, fell to a 13-21, 19-21 defeat at the hands of Hong Kong’s Deng Joy Xuan.

Deng’s reward for overcoming the third seed is a last-four encounter with Indonesia’s Fitriani Fitriani, who followed up her victory over top seed and home favourite Nitchaon Jindapol yesterday by beating Singapore’s Yeo Jia Min 14-21, 21-15, 21-18.

The other semi-final is due to be an all-Thai affair between sixth seed Pornpawee Chochuwong and eighth seed Busanan Ongbamrungphan.

Chochuwong beat compatriot Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 21-15, 21-12 to reach the penultimate round, while Ongbamrungphan defeated Japan’s Saena Kawakami 21-17, 10-21, 21-13.

Competition is scheduled to continue tomorrow with the finals set for Sunday (January 13).