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.

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

Talented Indian shuttler Malvika Bansod could not stand up to the challenge of two-time world champion Akane Yamaguchi, going down to the fourth-seeded Japanese in straight games in the quarterfinals of the China Open here on Friday.

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

The Nagpur shuttler was no match for Yamaguchi in the opening game as the Japanese took a massive eight-point lead at 12-4 before closing out the game at 21-10.

Malvika, ranked 43rd, toiled hard for one hour and five minutes before pulling off a 21-17, 19-21, 21-16 win over the two-time Commonwealth Games medallist

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