World No.35 Manami Suizu won her first HSBC BWF World Tour title, clinching the YONEX Canada Open 2025 with a straight games win over Nguyen Thuy Linh.

The 21-year-old Japanese, who had earlier upset top seed Michelle Li in the semifinals, overcame second seed Nguyen 21-12 21-14 for the biggest title of her career.

“I was a bit tired, but during the match I just tried my best to do well,” said beaten finalist Nguyen. “I was happy just to stay on court. I have to keep training my physical side. I never gave up, I just kept fighting until the end of the match.”

Japan won both singles, with Kenta Nishimoto stopping the dream run of home favourite Victor Lai for his first title since the Madrid Spain Masters in April 2023. The third seeded Japanese took nearly an hour to subdue his challenger, 21-13 21-14.

“It was my first time ever in such a final. I was very nervous,” said Victor Lai, who had a stunning running during the week with wins over compatriot Brian Yang, France’s Arnaud Merkle, Malaysia’s Eogene Ewe and second seed Naraoka.

“Seeing the big crowd made me feel better but it also made me feel pressure. Winning the first point released some of the pressure. Throughout the match I wasn’t able to execute my plan. He was able to play a better match, so congrats to him. In both intervals I was losing by a couple of points, so it was important for me to stay close, but he was able to play fast.

“I’m happy with the way I fought, I was down most of the game, but I didn’t give up, and tried to come back as much as possible.”

Highlights:

» Thailand’s Aimsaard sisters Benyapa and Nuntakarn won their second title in two weeks, beating Japan’s Kaho Osawa/Mai Tanabe 21-12 21-18 to win the Canada Open a week after they’d won the YONEX US Open.

» Earlier, Thailand also won the mixed doubles, with Ruttanapak Oupthong/Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat beating USA’s Presley Smith/Jennie Gai 21-14 21-17 for their first World Tour Super 300 title.

» Brothers Lee Fang Chih/Lee Fang Jen won an all-Chinese Taipei men’s doubles final beating Chang Ko Chi/Po Li Wei 21-19 21-19.

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