Kallang [Singapore], June 6 (ANI): Orleans Masters champion Priyanshu Rajawat began his Singapore Open 2023 marketing campaign with a win over world no. 15 Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan in straight video games 21-12, 21-15 to enter the Round of 16 in Singapore on Tuesday.
The Indian shuttler will face Japan’s Kodai Naraoka in a pre-quarters encounter on Thursday.
Last month, Priyanshu clinched his first-ever tour title by beating Magnus Johannesen of Denmark within the ultimate of the Orleans Masters 2023 in France on Sunday.
Twenty-one-year-old Priyanshu acquired the higher of the Dane 21-15, 19-21, 21-16 in an exhilarating males’s singles ultimate that lasted an hour and eight minutes.
This was the primary BWF Super 300 title for Priyanshu who was additionally the youngest crew member of the Indian badminton crew that received the historic 2022 Thomas Cup in Bangkok, final yr.
Priyanshu began the ultimate in a dominating style with out offering any alternative for a comeback to Magnus within the first recreation. The Indian shuttler was main 11-8 on the midway stage of the opening recreation and encashed upon the result in take the primary recreation.
The second recreation began off shut with Magnus sustaining the lead, regardless of Priyanshu making a robust comeback (17-17) and shedding the second recreation solely to win the third recreation, match and title.
“I am very happy. This is a really big moment for me, winning Orleans Masters, my first-ever BWF World Tour Super 300 title. Also, I would like to thank everyone back home for supporting me,” stated the World No. 58 after the exceptional victory.
Priyanshu up to now has 4 BWF International Challenge/Series titles to his identify whereas ending as a runner-up within the 2022 Odisha Open, a BWF Super 100 competitors. (ANI)