Lakshya Sen wins Canada Open for second BWF World Tour title

Lakshya Sen received the Canada Open in straight video games. Picture: BWF

Lakshya Sen beat Li Shi Feng 21-18, 22-20 to win the Canada Open Tremendous 500 in Calgary after saving 4 sport factors within the second. With six consecutive factors, Lakshya Sen highlighted his psychological toughness required in crunch conditions.

The triumph is Lakshya’s second BWF World Tour title, with the primary coming on the India Open in 2022.

Lakshya, who had undergone nostril surgical procedure for a deviated septum after the World Championships final August, has within the course of continued his successful run previous Shi Feng. The Indian had received on the Thailand Open final month to enhance 4-2 on their head-to-head.

Commonwealth Video games champion Lakshya led 6-2 within the first sport and by no means gave the lead away. At the same time as Li Shi Feng introduced parity at 15-15, Lakshya remained on the assault and reeled off three fast factors to maintain the Chinese language shuttler at arm’s size.

Quickly sufficient, he clinched the sport with badminton being performed at fierce tempo laden with rallies.

Within the second sport, Li Shi Feng appeared to have taken sufficient of a lead at 20-16 to close a deciding third. However as he’s proven again and again, no lead is protected round Sen.

With principally winners, Sen first compelled Shi Feng into making errors after which did the job on his personal with winners. As six factors got here and went, Lakshya Sen made good on his first BWF World Tour remaining look in 15 months.

Sen had attributed followers to be a think about his surge throughout the week after his semi-final win. “Loads of Indian supporters within the stadium, they’ve been there from the primary day so it’s actually good to play in right here,” he had instructed BWF.