India's Priyanshu Rajawat has created history as he won the final of the Orleans Masters 2023, after beating Denmark's Magnus Johannesen 21-15, 19-21, 21-16.
This is Rajawat's first BWF Super 300 title, where he also beat the top seed in the competition, Japan's Kenta Nishimoto.
Throughout the tournament, he beat all players ranked above him -- Kiran George in the first round, Nishimoto in the second, Chi Yu Jen in the quarters and Nhat Nguyen in the semis.
Interestingly this happens to be the first singles title for any Indian this year, while PV Sindhu made it to the finals of the Madrid Open last week.
Priyanshu Rajawat has four BWF International Challenge/Series titles to his credit, while finishing runner-up in the 2022 Odisha Open, a BWF Super 100 event.
Orleans Masters 2022 tournament was held from 29 March - 03 April 2022 in France. Mithun Manjunath of India was the runner-up.
