Commonwealth Games gold medalist Lakshya Sen defeated reigning All England champion Li Shi Feng to win the lads’s singles identify on the Canada Open 2023. Lakshya secured a assured instantly video games win over the sector no. 10, defeating him 21-18, 22-20.
The victory marks Lakshya’s 2nd BWF World Tour identify, having already received the India Open in January 2022.
Lakshya is these days ranked 19 defeated global no. Four Kunlavut Vitidsarn within the Round of 32.
He then secured a commanding win over Japan’s Kento Nishimoto, global quantity 11, within the semifinal to go into his 2nd Super 500 ultimate and primary BWF summit conflict in over a yr. Lakshya had received the fit 21-17 21-14.
Lakshya had passed through a nostril surgical operation for a deviated septum after the World Championships remaining August and took numerous time to get better put up remedy. His remaining ultimate look was once on the Birmingham Commonwealth Games in August remaining yr.
After a sequence of early exits from tournaments, he confirmed indicators of restoration when he reached the semifinals of the Thailand Open.
Meanwhile, double Olympic medalist PV Sindhu didn’t e book a finale price ticket after dropping 14-21 15-21 to global No. 1 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in her ladies’s singles semifinal.