Badminton, China Open Super 1000: Malvika Bansod beats Kirsty Gilmour to enter quarter-finals

India’s Malvika Bansod, on Thursday, made her way into the women’s singles quarter-finals of the 2024 China Open Super 1000 in Changzhou.

The 23-year-old Bansod got the better of a higher ranked Kirsty Gilmour 21-17, 19-21, 21-16 in a contest which lasted 65 minutes.

“It feels great,” said Bansod, who made it to her first-ever career Super 1000 quarter-finals, in the mixed zone after her win. “I had actually dreamt of it coming into the tournament and I just wake up and I am in the top eight. So it is a great feeling.”

Bansod, ranked 43rd in the world, did not have the best starts to the match as she struggled to find her rhythm early on and trailed 5-11 at the mid-game interval.

The left-handed shuttler, however, soon found the momentum right after the break as she won eight of the next ten points to draw level with Gilmour at 13-13. The Scottish shuttler was taken aback by the sudden change in pace of the game from Bansod and could only muster four more points as the Indian pocketed the opening game 21-17.

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