Ashmita Chaliha moves to quarterfinals of Malaysia Masters

Ashmita Chaliha moved to the women’s singles quarterfinals, emerging as the country’s lone surviving contender after the rest of the Indian challenge came to an end at the Malaysia Masters Super 500 tournament here on Thursday (May 21, 2026).

Ashmita registered a comfortable 21-13, 21-16 victory over Malaysia’s Goh Jin Wei in the pre-quarterfinals, wrapping up the contest in under 30 minutes with a composed all-round display.

She will next face eighth seed Line Højmark Kjaersfeldt of Denmark in the last-eight stage.

Kjaersfeldt advanced after defeating India’s Malvika Bansod, who squandered a one-game advantage to go down 21-16, 8-21, 15-21 in a 59-minute battle.

In another women’s singles clash, reigning Thailand Masters champion Devika Sihag was outclassed by top seed Chen Yufei of China, who sealed a 21-16, 21-13 win in 36 minutes.

India’s mixed doubles pair of Sathwik Kanapuram and Radhika Sharma also bowed out after a hard-fought 12-21, 25-27 defeat to the American duo of Presley Smith and Jennie Gai.

In men’s doubles, the Indian combination of Hariharan Amsakarunan and MR Arjun exited following a 14-21, 15-21 loss to China’s Hu Ke Yuan and Lin Xiang Yi.

India had endured a disappointing outing on Wednesday as well, with the likes of Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy crashing out of the tournament.