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      • On Thursday, all of her not-so flashy traits and her opponent's dodgy fitness levels and absent form, colluded to launch Malvika into the headlines, as the girl who beat Saina Nehwal. She became only the second Indian after PV Sindhu to get the better of the 2012 Olympic bronze medalist at an international tournament, 21-17, 21-9.

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  4. www.hindustantimes.com › sports › badmintonIndia Open: Malvika Bansod beats her idol Saina Nehwal to ...

    Thirty four minutes was all it took for the Nagpur-born to beat Nehwal, the 2012 Olympic bronze medallist, 21-17, 21-9 and notch up the biggest win of her fledgling career.

  5. sportstar.thehindu.com › badminton › malvika-bansodWin over Saina one of the biggest of my career: Malvika

    Jan 13, 2022 · Growing up idolising Saina Nehwal and her power game, promising shuttler Malvika Bansod on Thursday termed her India Open victory over the Olympic medallist "one of the biggest" of her...

  6. www.sportskeeda.com › badminton › news-malvikaMalvika Bansod stuns fourth seed Saina Nehwal to storm into ...

    • Malvika Bansod Emulates PV Sindhu by Beating Saina Nehwal
    • Ashmita Chaliha to Face PV Sindhu in Quarters
    • Indian Results

    Prior to Thursday’s match, Saina’s only loss against an Indian opponent at the Indian Open was in the quarterfinals against PV Sindhu in 2017. Fifteen years ago, on the domestic circuit, any Indian to beat her was in 2006 by Aparna Popat at the Senior National Championships in Bangalore. And even though Saina hadn’t been at her physical best and is...

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    Ashmita won nine straight points to reach game point and converted the second one. The Guwahati girl was in total control in the second game as she raced to an easy win. She will now face Sindhu in the Round of 8 and though she knows she is going to be a rank-outsider against the former world champion, the 22-year-old wants to just go out and enjoy...

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    Men’s singles

    3-Lakshya Sen bt Felix Burestedt (Sweden) 21-12, 21-15 (41 minutes) 8-HS Prannoy gets a walkover from Mithun Manjunath 1-Kidambi Srikanth gave a walkover to Kim Bruun (Denmark) C Rahul Yadav lost to Nhat Nguyen (Ireland) 17-21, 13-21 (45 minutes) 6-Sameer Verma lost to Brian Yang (Canada) 2-4 (Retired) (2 minutes)

    Women’s singles

    1-PV Sindhu bt Ira Sharma 21-10, 21-10 (30 minutes) Malvika Bansod bt 4-Saina Nehwal 21-17, 21-9 (34 minutes) Aakarshi Kashyap bt Keyura Mopati 21-10, 21-10 (23 minutes) Ashmita Chaliha bt Yaelle Hoyaux (France) 21-17, 21-14 (30 minutes) Anupama Upadhyaya lost to 3-Yeo Jia Min (Singapore) 21-13, 7-21, 12-21 (52 minutes) Tanya Hemanth lost to Lauren Lam (USA) 18-21, 11-21 (34 minutes)

    Men’s doubles

    2-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty bt Shyam Prasad-S Sunjith (Jr) 21-9, 21-18 (32 minutes) Bhaskar Chakraborty-Kapil Chaudhary lost to 1-Mohammad Ahsan-Hendra Setiawan (Indonesia) 17-21, 9-21 (22 minutes) Vasantha Kumar HR-Ashith Surya lost to Torjus Flaatten-Vegard Rikheim (Norway) 17-21, 21-6, 18-21 (50 minutes) Utkarsh Arora-Akshan Shetty gave a walkover to 3-Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi (Malaysia) Vaibhaav-Nithin HV lost to Joshua Magee-Paul Reynolds (Ireland) 14-21, 13-21 (34 minutes) Sanj...

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  7. thebridge.in › badminton › malvika-bansod-sainaMalvika Bansod beats 'idol' Saina Nehwal in straight sets ...

    Jan 13, 2022 · 20-year-old Malvika Bansod saw off Saina Nehwal in straight sets at the India Open. PV Sindhu is the only other Indian to have defeated Nehwal since 2007.

  8. m.timesofindia.com › nagpur › feeling-is-yet-to-sinkFeeling is yet to sink in, says Malvika after beating idol Saina

    Jan 13, 2022 · Malvika Bansod grew up revering Saina Nehwal. On Thursday afternoon, the 20-year-old Nagpur player became only the second Indian shuttler after PV Sindhu to beat her idol and former World No 1 Saina on the domestic or international circuit since 2007.

  9. www.indiatvnews.com › sports › otherIndia Open 2022: Malvika Bansod beats 'idol' Saina in dream ...

    Jan 13, 2022 · Unheralded Malvika Bansod lived her dream life when the 20-year-old shuttler defeated her childhood idol Saina Nehwal in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals of the ongoing India Open...