Canada Open: PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen's brilliant performances, made it to the semi-finals
PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen Canada Open 2023: PV Sindhu registered a one-sided victory over China's Fang Jie. He defeated Fang 21-13, 21-7. Before the quarter-finals, Sindhu got a walk-over in the pre-quarter-finals. She did not have to play a match against Japan's Natsuki Nidaira.
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Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen stormed into the semi-finals of the Canada Open 2023 BWF Super 500 event after registering contrasting victories in their respective women's and men's singles quarterfinals, here. Two-time Olympic medalist and former world champion Sindhu beat world No. 45 Gao Fang Jie of China 21-13, 21-7 in the quarter-finals on Friday night to enter her third semi-final of the year.
The top Indian shuttler made it to the final of the Spain Masters BWF Super 500 tournament in April but is yet to win a title this year. Sindhu will take on her old rival and reigning world champion Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the semi-finals.
World No. 15 Sindhu leads 14-10 in head-to-head encounters with World No. 1 Yamaguchi but had lost to the Japanese shuttler in the first round of the Singapore Open last month. On the other hand, world number 19 Lakshya Sen stormed into his second semi-final of 2023 with a 21-8, 17-21, 21-10 win over world number 62 Julien Caragi of Belgium.
The reigning Commonwealth Games men's singles champion Sen will take on world number 11 Japan's Kenta Nishimoto for a place in the final. Lakshya and Kenta have faced each other twice and won one match each. The 21-year-old Sen has played 12 tournaments this year but is yet to appear in a final.
