Calgary [Canada], July 10 (ANI): Indian Badminton participant Lakshya Sen defeated China’s Li Shi Feng in straight units 21-18 and 22-20 to clinch the lads’s singles title on the Canada Open 2023 early Monday.
21-year-old Lakshya Sen triumphed over the reigning All England Champion Li Shi Feng by profitable the primary set by 21-18 and the second set by 22-20.
Commonwealth Games gold medalist, Lakshya Sen secured his second BWF World Tour after profitable the Indian Open in 2022.
In the Round of 32 within the Canada Open, Lakshya Sen’s opening match was towards Thailand’s badminton participant Kunlavut Vitidsarn. Sen defeated him 21-18 and 21-15.
In Round 16, Lakshya Sen confronted Brazil’s Ygor Coelho de Oliveira. Sen triumphed over him by profitable 21-15 and 21-11.
In the quarter-final match, he confronted German badminton participant Julien Carraggi. This was the one match of Lakshya Sen which went into the third set within the Canada Open. Sen received the primary set by 21-8 however within the second set, the German gave a tricky combat and received the stage by 21-17. Eventually, Sen flexed his muscle tissues within the third set by profitable 21-10.
In the semi-final, the 21-year-old trounced Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto by 21-17 and 21-14.
In the ultimate Lakshya confronted China’s Li Shi Feng and outclassed him by profitable in straight units 21-18 and 22-20.
Meanwhile, double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu didn’t ebook a finale ticket after dropping 14-21 15-21 to world No. 1 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in her girls’s singles semifinal. (ANI)