NAGPUR: Three days after celebrating her 23rd birthday, Nagpur shuttler Malvika Bansod registered her biggest career victory on Wednesday at the China Open Super 1000 badminton tournament.
In the women's singles opening round of the BWF world tour event in Changzhou, Malvika surprised fifth seed and Paris Olympics bronze medallist, Gregoria Mariska Tunjung of Indonesia, in straight games. The thrilling 46-minute encounter saw Malvika survive some anxious moments, but a change in strategy during the dying stage of both games helped her overcome the world junior champion 26-24, 21-19.
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