Canada Open: ‘Dream Come True’
Koki Watanabe and Jesper Toft/Amalie Magelund celebrated their first HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500 title by winning the YONEX Canada Open 2024.
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World No.18 Watanabe prevented No.37 Alex Lanier from reclaiming his 2022 crown, coasting to a 21-6 rout in the third game after a hard battle in the first two games.
“One of my dreams was to win a Super 500, so it’s a great achievement for me,” said Watanabe. “I just kept focus on one step after another. I want to make an example to little children, that height doesn’t matter, that if you work hard, you can go to the top. There are a lot of upcoming tournaments, so I’m want to win a Super 750 or Super 1000 next.”
Lanier admitted he’d run out of fuel by the third game.