India’s Priyanshu Rajawat stormed into the semifinals of the Orleans Masters Super 300 badminton tournament with a straight-game win over Ireland’s Nhat Nguyen, here on Saturday. In the title match, he will face either Magnus Johansen of Denmark or Li Lan Xi of China. He reached the final for the first time in a Super 300 World Tour event. The 21-year-old Rajawat, who was part of India’s team that won the Thomas Cup (2022), gave no chance to Nguyen, ranked 35 in the world, with his aggressive play and defeated 21-12 21-9 in a one-sided men’s singles match. Gave.
Rajawat used the net brilliantly during the match and troubled Neugen with his return shots. It was a close contest between the two initially but Rajawat took an 11-9 lead at the break of the first game. After the break, she did not give Neugen many chances and took a 17-11 lead. Maintaining this lead, he won the first game. Rajawat upped the ante in the second game to take a massive 18-3 lead. Neugen then tried to make a comeback but could not bridge the gap on points.
