Paris: Unseeded Indian shuttler Ashmita Chaliha registered the biggest victory of her career on Thursday, stunning world No. 2 and third seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan 21-19, 21-18 in a second-round match lasting 37 minutes at the French Open Super 750 tournament.

Source: PTI via The Bridge

The 27-year-old Chaliha, currently ranked 36th in women's singles, had lost to Yamaguchi in straight games at the Denmark Open last week. This time she held her nerve at 19-19 in the first game and, after the players were level at 7-7 in the second, pulled away to complete a straight-games win, ANI reported. Yamaguchi, a three-time world champion, had finished runner-up at the BWF World Championships in New Delhi earlier this year.

Source: ANI via NewKerala

21-19, 21-18Chaliha's winning score vs Yamaguchi
37 minduration of Chaliha's second-round match
21-12, 21-16Sindhu's winning score vs Gunji

Sindhu joins her in the last eight

Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu also sailed into the quarter-finals, prevailing over Japan's Riko Gunji 21-12, 21-16 in a 44-minute match. Chaliha will next face either Japan's Nozomi Okuhara or Thailand's world No. 8 Pornpawee Chochuwong in the quarter-finals, ANI reported.

Shetty out injured, Tanvi falls to top seed

Earlier in the day, India's Ayush Shetty forfeited his men's singles second-round match against sixth seed Kodai Naraoka of Japan due to an undisclosed injury while trailing 17-21, 6-11, and Tanvi Sharma lost 11-21, 14-21 to world No. 1 and top seed An Se Young of South Korea in a 37-minute women's singles match, PTI reported. Shetty had earlier defeated compatriot Kidambi Srikanth in the opening round.