Arctic Open: PV Sindhu knocked out, Malvika, Aakarshi move to 2nd round - HIGHLIGHTS

Malvika leads early in the second game.

Malvika has stuck to her strategy of involving Shuo in longer rallies and forcing out error at last from her. Malvika leads 3-1.

Malvika Bansod wins the first game.

Malvika wins a closely fought game as Shuo hits the shuttle wide. Malvika won 21-19.

Shuo takes the lead.

At a crucial juncture in the game, Shuo takes a lead of 18-17 as Malvika errs on the net twice.

Malvika takes a four point lead.

Malvika forces consecutive errors as Shuo first hits on the net and fails to pick up a return. Malvika has a healthy lead of 14-10 at the moment.

A solid placement from Malvika to lead at the mid-game break.

Malvika comes up with a brilliant wristy flick to drop one near the net and Shuo has no answer to that shot. Malvika leads 11-8 at the mid-game break.

Three consecutive points for Shuo.

Shuo is making a comeback as Malvika errs twice on the sidelines before failing to pickup a smash as Shuo makes the score 5-8.

Shuo has been making errors constantly.

Another shot on the net from Shuo and Malvika is really thriving here with her fast game. Malvika leads 6-2.

A good start for Malvika.

Malvika has forced a couple of errors from her opponent in the earlier exchanges as Shuo looks to go wide but pushes it extra wide. Malvika leads 3-1.

Malvika Bansod takes on Sun Shuo Yun of Chinese Taipei in the first round.

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