Verma progressed to the quarter-finals of the men's singles tournament after the remarkable 21-14, 21-18 second-round victory.

Antonsen never looked like winning as he led for just one point throughout the entire match in the Odense Sports Park.

Verma will meet Tommy Sugiarto next after the Indonesian beat France's Thomas Rouxel 21-18, 16-21, 21-19.

The clash is the only men's quarter-final without a seeded player.

Top seed and world champion Kento Momota of Japan set up a tantalising fixture with Indonesia's Jonatan Christie following a 23-21, 21-9 win over Srikanth Kidambi.

Sixth seed Christie crushed Momota's compatriot Kanta Tsuneyama 21-11, 21-9.

Ng Ka Long Angus, the number eight seed in Denmark, fell to an unlikely loss to fellow Hong Kong player Lee Cheuk You 21-16, 18-21, 21-8.

Home favourite Viktor Axelsen and Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia will meet in the next round after comprehensive victories.

Axelsen beat India's Lakshya Sen 21-15, 21-7 while Lee dispatched fellow Malaysian shuttler Liew Daren 21-11, 21-14.

In the women's singles draw, Japan's Akane Yamaguchi progressed to the quarter-finals after breezing past Gregoria Mariska Tunjung 21-13, 21-15.

The 24-year-old will face Thailand's Pornpawee Chochuwong after she demolished Aya Ohori of Japan 21-6, 21-15.

India's Fourth seed PV Sindhu got the better of Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand 21-16, 12-21, 21-15.

Fifth seed An Se-young of South Korea awaits in the quarter-finals following her 21-9, 21-11 dismantling of Russia's Evgeniya Kosetskaya.

Unseeded duo Kirsty Gilmour of Scotland and Spaniard Clara Azurmendi are set to play after their respective second-round victories over South Korea's Kim Ga-eun and Mia Blichfeldt of Denmark.

An all-Chinese battle will be contested by He Bingjiao and Wang Zhiyi in the last quarter-final.

He swept Japan's Sayaka Takahashi 21-14, 21-14 while Wang beat Phittayaporn Chaiwan of Thailand 21-17, 21-6.