In the earlier rounds, Bansod came up with upset wins over world No 7 and 2024 Paris Olympics bronze medallist Gregoria Mariska Tunjung in the first round round, followed by a win over world No 25 Kirsty Gilmour to get to the quarter-final.

Indian shuttler Malvika Bansod has reached the quarterfinals of the China Open Super 1000 badminton tournament at age 23. She secured major wins against world no. 7 Gregoria Mariska Tunjung and two-time Commonwealth Games medallist Kristy Gilmour.

Malvika Bansod couldn’t get going from the word go and ended up losing 10-21, 16-21 in a match that lasted just over half an hour

After stunning Paris Olympics bronze medalist, Gregoria Mariska Tunjung in the opening round, India's Malavika Bansod defeated two-time Commonwealth Games medallist Kirsty Gilmour of Scotland to progress to the women's singles quarter-final on Thursday.

Indian shuttler Malvika defeated Kirsty Gilmour to advance to the BWF Super 100 quarter-finals where she will take on Japanese Akane Yamaguchi

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

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