Continuing her good run of type, younger Indian shuttler Malvika Bansod obtained the higher of compatriot and junior world No. 1 Tasnim Mir in straight video games to advance to the quarterfinals of the Odisha Open on Thursday.
Bansod took simply over half an hour to dispatch 16-year-old Tasnim 21-13 21-15 within the girls’s singles pre-quarterfinals of the BWF Super 100 event.
The 20-year-old Bansod, who had misplaced to PV Sindhu within the last of the Syed Modi International final week earlier than defeating her idol Saina Nehwal on the India Open earlier this month, will tackle the winner of the second conflict between Tanya Hemanth and Vijetha Harish.
Fifth seed Ashmita Chaliha additionally booked a quarterfinal spot as she obtained the higher of compatriot Anupama Upadhyay 21-17 21-16. She will now tackle Rucha Sawant, who defeated Nikki Rapria to achieve the ultimate eight.
In males’s singles, third seed Subhankar Dey, who had shocked sixth seed Xiaodong Sheng of Canada on Wednesday, notched a 21-16 21-14 victory over fellow Indian Rahul Yadav Chittaboina in 33 minutes.
Kiran George additionally moved to the lads’s singles quarterfinal with a simple 21-12 21-13 win over compatriot Chirag Sen in one other second spherical match.
In the blended doubles occasion, the India pairing of Dhruv Rawat and Shikha Gautam misplaced 11-21 14-21 to the Sri Lankan duo of Sachin Dias and Thilini Hendahewa within the second spherical, whereas Ayush Makhija and Deeksha Choudhar handed Chirag Arora and Nish Rapria a 21-5 21-16 loss to maneuver to the quarterfinals.
