Team Blitz India
CALGARY: Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen stormed into the final of the Canada Open badminton tournament with a straight-game win over Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto.
Sen, who has slipped to world number 19 after struggling to find his form early in the season, saw off the world number 11 Japanese 21-17 21-14 to enter his only second Super 500 final and first BWF summit clash in over a year.
The 21-year-old Indian, who claimed a bronze at the 2021 World Championships, will face China’s Li Shi Feng in the final.
