Canada Open 2024: Indian shuttler Rajawat stuns world No. 4 Anders Antonsen
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Indian shuttler Priyanshu Rajawat stuns world number four Anders Antonsen to reach Canada Open semifinals, creating history.
Continuing his dream run, rising Indian shuttler Priyanshu Rajawat stunned top seed and world number four Anders Antonsen of Denmark to cruise into the semifinals of the Canada Open here.
World number 39 Rajawat defeated Antonsen 21-11, 17-21, 21-19 in a gruelling one hour 19 minutes quarterfinal on Friday, July 5 night.
However, the women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand made a quarterfinal exit.
The third-seeded Indians were handed a 18-21 21-19 16-21 defeat by Chinese Taipei's Pei Shan Hsieh and En-Tzu Hung.
The win against Antonsen is the 22-year-old Rajawat's first-ever victory over a top-10 player. He will take on Alex Lanier of France in what will be his second World Tour Super 500 semifinal.
Rajawat was off to a bright start, taking a 7-4 lead in the opening game before Antonsen levelled it at 9-9.
The Indian then picked up five points on the trot to gain the upper hand and while the Dane tried to fashion a comeback, Rajawat claimed seven successive points to take the first game.
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