A file photograph of Malvika Bansod. Indian shuttlers Malvika Bansod and Ashmita Chaliha progressed to the ladies’s singles main draw with contrasting wins within the qualification spherical of the Malaysia Masters Super 500 match right here on Tuesday.
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Indian shuttlers Malvika Bansod and Ashmita Chaliha progressed to the ladies’s singles main draw with contrasting wins within the qualification spherical of the Malaysia Masters Super 500 match right here on Tuesday.
While world quantity 42 Malvika bought the higher of Chinese Taiei’s Lin Hsiang Ti 21-12 21-19, world quantity 53 Ashmita overcame Canada’s Wen Yu Zhang 10-21 21-19 21-17 in 45 minutes on the Axiata Arena right here.
Malvika will face second seed Wang Zhi Yi, whereas Ashmita will meet fourth seeded Chinese Han Yue within the main draw.
In males’s singles, World junior championships silver medallist S Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian, who reached the second spherical of qualification after the withdrawal of fellow Indian Priyanshu Rajawat, misplaced 10-21 14-21 to Taipei’s Chi Yu Jen.
National champion Mithun Manjunath too didn’t seize the chance, happening 13-21 19-21 to Taipei’s Chia Hao Lee in one other qualifying match.
Top stars, together with PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy, HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen, will begin their marketing campaign on Wednesday.
