However, it was curtains for Anand Pawar in another men's singles third round match as the World No. 34 Indian went down to Tien Chen Chou of Chinese Taipei 14-21, 11-21 in just half-an-hour.
Former national champion Bhat, ranked 82nd, who Wednesday stunned World No. 10 Yun Hu, had an easy outing.
He got the better of Liew 21-14, 21-12 in a contest that lasted 39 minutes.
In the quarters, Bhat will take on the winner of the third round match between Kento Momota and Viktor Axelsen.
In a women's singles second round match, India's Arundhati Pantawane lost to seventh seeded Eriko Hirose of Japan 18-21, 16-21 in 42 minutes.
In another match H S Prannoy lost his third round men's singles match to sixth seeded Wan Ho Son of Korea 14-21, 15-21 in 42 minutes.
Image: Arvind Bhat
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