Malvika goes down after upsetting top seed, Meiraba loses to junior world champion

Malvika Bansod's singles campaign at the Badminton Asia Junior Championships ended in the third round but not before causing a huge upset at Suzhou, China, on Thursday.

Bansod, ranked 83rd in the world junior rankings, faced world no. 1 junior player Phittayaporn Chaiwan, who even holds a ranking of 59 in the senior category. That could not deter the young Indian who held her nerves to pull off a stunning 21-18, 21-19 second round win over the Thai in 38 minutes.

Malvika, however, failed to repeat her heroics in her next girls' singles match a few hours later and went down 14-21, 8-21 to China's Tan Ning.

In the boys' singles, Maisnam Meiraba also had to bite the dust in the second round after being the best-performing Indian over the last few days at this tournament.

The junior world no. 14 began on a thunderous note, snatching the first game from two-time world junior champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn only to see the Thai storming back for an 18-21, 21-15, 21-8 win in 55 minutes.

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