All England Open 2025: Treesa/Gayatri, Lakshya advances - Highlights

Yamaguchi converts the game without much of a trouble

Game-2: Malvika Bansod (IND) 13-21 Akane Yamaguchi (JPN)

Yamaguchi gains a massive lead and just five points away from win

Game-2: Malvika Bansod (IND) 10-16 Akane Yamaguchi (JPN)

A overhead smash from Yamaguchi finds Malvika's backhand

Game-2: Malvika Bansod (IND) 8-11 Akane Yamaguchi (JPN)

Yamaguchi pushing Malvika to back court by using high lifts

Game-2: Malvika Bansod (IND) 5-8 Akane Yamaguchi (JPN)

Malvika's cross court shot lands behind the back line as Yamaguchi takes the game

Game-1: Malvika Bansod (IND) 16-21 Akane Yamaguchi (JPN)

Malvika fails to return a body smash from Yamaguchi, trails big

Game-1: Malvika Bansod (IND) 13-17 Akane Yamaguchi (JPN)

Malvika makes a good comeback but still trails by 2 at mid-game

Game-1: Malvika Bansod (IND) 9-11 Akane Yamaguchi (JPN)

A perfect placement on the back court from Yamaguchi to take an early lead

Game-1: Malvika Bansod (IND) 2-5 Akane Yamaguchi (JPN)

First Up: WS - Malvika Bansod (IND) Vs Akane Yamaguchi (JPN)

This will be the fourth meeting between the two pairs, and the young Indian has never won a match against the former world champion Akane Yamaguchi.

Akane has always overpowered Malvika and won all of their head-to-head matches in straight games.

Here is the tentative schedule of the Indian shuttlers for the day

India will compete in all five categories in the second round of the All-England Open as they have one representative each in all the categories, including the top names like Lakshya Sen and Satwik-Chirag.