Orleans [France], April 9 (ANI): Indian shuttler Priyanshu Rajawat clinched his first-ever Badminton World Federation (BWF) Super 300 title after successful the ultimate of the Orleans Masters 2023 males’s singles competitors on Sunday.
He beat Denmark’s Magnus Johannesen by 21-15, 19-21, 21-16 in an exhilarating males’s singles ultimate. After clinching a aggressive first sport, Priyanshu went down in an in depth second sport to arrange an thrilling decider. The Indian held his nerves to clinch the ultimate sport as properly, successful the title.
“A Star is Born Priyanshu is the men’s singles champion of OrleansMasters2023, his first BWF World Tour Super 300 title: @badmintonphoto @himantabiswa| @sanjay091968| @lakhaniarun1 IndiaontheRise Badminton,” tweeted the Badminton Association of India (BAI).
Rajawat stormed into the ultimate on Saturday, defeating Ireland’s Nhat Nguyen, ranked world quantity 35, within the ultimate by 21-12, 21-9 in two straight video games within the semifinals, as per the Badminton Association of India (BAI).
“Simply Magnificent First-ever BWF World Tour Super 300 final for @PriyanshuPlay, beats Nhat Nguyen 21-12, 21-9 in semis: @badmintonphoto @himantabiswa|@sanjay091968|@lakhaniarun1 OrleansMasters2023 IndiaontheRise Badminton,” tweeted BAI Media.
Earlier, Priyanshu defeated Chinese Taipei’s Chi Yu Jen 21-18, 21-18 within the males’s singles quarter-finals on Friday to seal his spot within the ultimate 4.
In the earlier spherical, he defeated the highest seed and world quantity 12 Kenta Nishimoto of Japan in his spherical of 16 match on Thursday.
Priyanshu defeated Nishimoto 21-8, 21-16 in two straight video games.
The Orleans Masters 2023 occasion began on April 4 and can finish on April 9. (ANI)