Vikrant Shekhawat : Jul 10, 2023, 07:22 AM
Canada Open 2023: Lakshya Lane has won the Canada Open 2023 title. He defeated China's Li Shi Feng 21-18, 22-20 in the final. This is Lakshya's first title this year. He performed brilliantly in the final match. He was trailing in the second set, but after that he won the title by scoring consecutive points.Lakshya Sen did wondersThe first set saw some brilliant smashes by Lakshya Sen and Li Shi Feng and it was a tight contest between the two players, but the Chinese could not stand up to Lakshya's firepower and lost the first set 21-18. After that, in the second set, Shi Feng started with a bang. There came a time when Lakshya Sen was trailing 16-20, but after that he used his experience to win 6 points in a row and take the second set 22-20. Along with winning the set, he won the title of Canada Open 2023.First title won this yearLakshya Sen was struggling with poor form this year. For this reason, he reached the 25th ranking in his career, but then gradually he regained the lost rhythm. Sen had won the India Open trophy last year. After that this is his second title win. Apart from this, this is his second BWF Super 500 title. Sen started the final match well and maintained his lead throughout the first set. Shi Feng challenged him on a few occasions, but Feng missed the key.There will be advantage in rankingLakshya Sen reached the quarterfinals of the Indonesian Masters this year. At the same time, Kunlavut lost to Witidsarn in the semi-finals of Thailand Open in June last month. Apart from this, he had lost to Viktor Axelsen in the All England Open last year. Now with the win at the Canadian Open, he is set to reach a career-high ranking of 12.