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Monday, Jun 23, 2025
Lakshya has only dropped one game on course to his semifinal journey at the championships in Canada.
Earlier, the 18-year-old Lakshya, who had a stellar run in 2019 with five titles, showed his prowess during his straight-game win over Jonatan, who is one of the top medal contenders at the Olympic Games.
Kidambi Srikanth spearheaded India's 4-1 thrashing of Kazakhstan in their opening group match.
Defending champion Lakshya Sen had withdrawn on Wednesday after his father D K Sen returned a positive test for the coronavirus.
The 19-year-old produced a clinical performance to outwit Christo Popov 21-9, 21-15.
Defending champion Lakshya Sen, Ajay Jayaram and Subhankar Dey were forced to withdraw from the SaarLorLux Open in Germany and stay in quarantine there after Lakshya's father-cum-coach D K Sen tested COVID-19 positive.
The sixth-seeded Indian Olympic silver medallist won 21-19, 21-15 in a round of 16 match that lasted 49 minutes.
Lakshya, who had won his maiden BWF World Tour title at the Dutch Open early this month, didn't have to break any sweat as his opponent Germany's Lars Schaenzler gave him a walk over, while Kiran beat Netherlands' Joran Kweekel 21-14 21-16 to also make it to the last eight.
The 18-year-old Indian rallied from a game deficit to defeat Yusuke Onodera of Japan 15-21, 21-14, 21-15 in a final that lasted 63 minutes.
The 18-year-old Indian capped a superb year with a 22-20, 21-18 win over Hao in the summit clash to clinch his fifth title in the last seven tournaments.
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