- 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.
Priyanshu Rajawat wins Orleans Masters 2023
