Indian shuttler Malvika Bansod’s winning streak continues. The 22-year-old badminton player maintained her excellent form and cruised to her maiden Super 1000 quarterfinal after achieving a hard-fought victory against higher-ranked Kristy Gilmour in the China Open in Changzhou (China) on Thursday.

Malvika 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 medalist and world’s 25th ranked from Scotland in a women’s singles round-of-16 contest.

“This is the first time I will play a quarterfinal of a Super 1000 tournament so it is a dream come true and the biggest achievement of my life so far,” Malvika said after the match.