I'll play Swiss Open and perhaps even Orleans Masters in the following weeks instead of German Open.
Lakshya Sen won the match 21-13, 12-21, 22-20, denying Axelsen right at the end.
They reached the quarter-finals after gruelling three set wins over both Malaysians Chen Tang Jie and Peck Yen Wei in the first round, and also Supak Jomkoh and Supissara Paewsampran from Thailand.
Malaysia — Lee Zii Jia 6.
It was the Thai's third big scalp in the tournament having beaten Jonatan Christie of Indonesia second round and Kenta Nishimoto of Japan quarter-finals.
Zii Jia has defeated Kunlavut thrice at last year's World Tour Finals group stage , Thailand Masters 2017 and German Junior 2016 but yesterday, he was unable to rise to the occasion.