Busanan Ongbamrungphan advanced to the second round of the US$2 million BWF China Open in Changzhou on Wednesday.
The Thai star defeated Polina Buhrova of Ukraine 21-23, 21-6, 21-9 in her opening match at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Changzhou.
She will play Yeo Jia Min of Singapore in the last 16 of the World Tour Super 1000 event.
Busanan reached the quarter-finals at the Hong Kong Open last week.
Three men's doubles pairs bowed out on Wednesday.
Supak Jomkoh and Kittinupong Kedren lost to Andreas Sondergaard and Jesper Toft of Denmark 16-21, 11-21; Peeratchai Sukphan and Pakkapon Teeraratsakul were beaten by fifth seeds He Jiting and Ren Xiangyu of China 11-21, 12-21 and Pongsakorn Thongkham and Wongsathorn Thongkham fell to Daniel Lundgaard and Mads Vestergaard of Denmark 16-21, 10-21.
In the day's biggest upset, Julie Dawall Jakobsen of Denmark stunned women's second seed Tai Tzu-ying of Taiwan 21-14, 7-21, 21-19.
Fifth seed Gregoria Tunjung of Indonesia also bowed out after losing to Malvika Bansod of India 24-26, 19-21.
China's sixth seed Han Yue, winner of the Hong Kong Open on Sunday, was another upset victim, losing to compatriot Gao Fengjie 15-21, 18-21.
Fourth seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan came through her first-round match with a 21-16, 21-6 win over Pai Yu-po of Taiwan.
In the men's singles action, fifth seed Anders Antonsen of Denmark moved past Angus Ng Ka Long of Hong Kong 21-11, 21-17; seventh seed Jonatan Christie of Indonesia defeated Rasmus Gemke of Denmark 22-20, 21-18 and Taiwan's Chou Tien-chen knocked out China's fourth seed Li Shifeng 21-17, 21-18.
The Thai star defeated Polina Buhrova of Ukraine 21-23, 21-6, 21-9 in her opening match at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Changzhou.
She will play Yeo Jia Min of Singapore in the last 16 of the World Tour Super 1000 event.
Busanan reached the quarter-finals at the Hong Kong Open last week.
Three men's doubles pairs bowed out on Wednesday.
Supak Jomkoh and Kittinupong Kedren lost to Andreas Sondergaard and Jesper Toft of Denmark 16-21, 11-21; Peeratchai Sukphan and Pakkapon Teeraratsakul were beaten by fifth seeds He Jiting and Ren Xiangyu of China 11-21, 12-21 and Pongsakorn Thongkham and Wongsathorn Thongkham fell to Daniel Lundgaard and Mads Vestergaard of Denmark 16-21, 10-21.
In the day's biggest upset, Julie Dawall Jakobsen of Denmark stunned women's second seed Tai Tzu-ying of Taiwan 21-14, 7-21, 21-19.
Fifth seed Gregoria Tunjung of Indonesia also bowed out after losing to Malvika Bansod of India 24-26, 19-21.
China's sixth seed Han Yue, winner of the Hong Kong Open on Sunday, was another upset victim, losing to compatriot Gao Fengjie 15-21, 18-21.
Fourth seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan came through her first-round match with a 21-16, 21-6 win over Pai Yu-po of Taiwan.
In the men's singles action, fifth seed Anders Antonsen of Denmark moved past Angus Ng Ka Long of Hong Kong 21-11, 21-17; seventh seed Jonatan Christie of Indonesia defeated Rasmus Gemke of Denmark 22-20, 21-18 and Taiwan's Chou Tien-chen knocked out China's fourth seed Li Shifeng 21-17, 21-18.
