Malvika Bansod beat Scotland’s Scotland’s Kristy Gilmour 21-17, 19-21, 21-16 in one hour and five minutes in the second round. The Nagpur-based shuttler got the better of Paris Olympics 2024 bronze medalist Gregoria Mariska Tunjung in the opening round.

Malvika Bansod entered the quarterfinals of the ongoing China Open after defeating higher-ranked Kristy Gilmour of Scotland in a hard-fought Round of 16 match on Thursday

Malvika defeated the higher-ranked Kirsty Gilmour in three games, She will now face former world champion Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in her first-ever BWF Super 1000 quarter-finals

Indian shuttler Malvika Bansod continued her impressive run at the China Open by advancing to her first-ever BWF Sup

The win comes a day after the 22-year-old Indian defeated Paris Olympics bronze medallist Gregoria Mariska Tunjung.