Hoki and Kobayashi won a tight contest 23-21, 15-21, 21-15 to upset the crowd.

Later on the same court, there was some redemption for Indonesia as Pramudya Kusumawardana and Yeremia Erich Yoche Yacob Rambitan came from a game down to beat England's Ben Lane and Sean Vendy 18-21, 21-17, 21-9.

Lu Ching Yao and Yang Po Han of Chinese Taipei knocked out another seeded pair as the Russian eighth seeds Vladimir Ivanov and Ivan Sozonov lost 21-17, 15-21, 21-19.

In an all-Indonesian affair, fourth seeds Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto defeated Leo Rolly Carnando and Daniel Marthin 21-17, 22-20, while Danish seventh seeds Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen eliminated France's Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar 22-20, 21-11.

In the women's doubles, Bulgarian fifth seeds Gabriela and Stefani Stoeva won a colossal battle with India's Ashwini Ponnappa and Reddy N Sikki 29-27, 21-18.

Japanese seventh seeds Mayu Matsumoto and Ayako Sakuramoto smashed Ukraine's Mariia Stoliarenko and Yelyzaveta Zharka 21-13, 21-4.

Third seed in the women's singles, PV Sindhu of India, came from a game down to defeat Japan's Aya Ohori 17-21, 21-17, 21-17 and Thai second seed Ratchanok Intanon eased past South Korean Kim Gaeun 21-19, 21-12.

But there was an upset on the second court, with Sim Yu-jin of South Korea beating sixth seed Michelle Li of Canada emphatically 21-11, 21-9, and there was another one-sided victory on the third court after Thai seventh seed Busanan Ongbamrungphan defeated Russian Evgeniya Kosetkaya 21-10, 21-13.

Denmark's two star men's singles players are through to tomorrow's competition too, with third seed Anders Antonsen winning in three games 21-15, 17-21, 21-17 against Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand.

Concluding the day, second seed Viktor Axelsen defeated Koki Watanabe of Japan 21-14, 21-14.

There was an upset for a home favourite, as France's Christo Popov won 21-17, 21-18 over Indonesian fifth seed Anthony Sinisuka Ginting.

But sixth seed Jonatan Christie ensured an Indonesian would get through with a 21-14, 21-15 victory against Liew Daren of Malaysia.

Finally, in the mixed doubles, Hong Kong eighth seeds Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet won a three-game thriller against South Koreans Seo Seung-jae and Kim Hye-jeong 21-12, 19-21, 21-19.

Indonesian second seeds Praveen Jordan and Melati Daeva Oktavianti were given a proxy walkover victory over Yujiro Nishikawa and Saori Ozaki of Japan after just one point, with their opponent's retiring.

Their compatriots, sixth seeds Hafiz Faizal and Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja, won 21-17, 21-16 over Australians Oliver Leydon-Davis and Anona Pak.

Japanese third seeds Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino won 21-18, 21-12 over Malaysia's Hoo Pang Ron and Cheah Yee See to progress.