Indian Badminton player Lakshya Sen defeated China's Li Shi Feng in straight sets to clinch the men's singles title on Monday at the Canada Open 2023. After the win, Lakshya Sen said, "I played good tactical game.'
India's Lakshya Sen won the men's singles title at the Canada Open 2023 defeating reigning All England champion China's Li Shi Feng (World No 10) in straight games 21-18, 22-20.
This is Lakshya Sen's 2nd appearance in the final of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Super 500 event and he will be up against reigning All England champion Li Shi Feng of China on Sunday.
Sindhu, currently number 15 in Badminton World Federation Rankings (BWF) rankings, was handed a walkover against world number 16 Natsuki Nidaira of Japan in her round of 16 match.
Kashyap won his opening round against German world No. 67 Kai Schaefer. Despite dominating the first game, Parupalli Kashyap needed to preserve two game points to win 21-14, 22-20.
The 12th-ranked Sindhu has failed to make a mark in the past three BWF World Tour events as she did not cross the second rounds. The former world champion was knocked out in the round of 16 of the Indonesia Open after exiting the Singapore Open and the Thailand Open in the first round.
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Kaula Lumpur [Malaysia], March 12 (ANI): Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Friday announced that the US Open 2021 -- a Super 300 tournament on the BWF World Tour -- and Canada Open 2021 has been cancelled. The US Open was due to take place from July 6-11 while the Canada Open was slated fo