Japan Open 2024 Champion, Alex Lanier, Set 4 Records

Alex Lanier recorded four records after winning the Japan Open 2024 (Instagram/@alexlainer.bad).

JAKARTA Alex Lanier managed to record four records at once after leaving as champions at the Japan Open 2024 which was just completed last weekend.

The French men's singles locked the title after defeating the veteran player from China Taipei, Chou Tien Chen, two straight games 21-17 and 22-20, on Sunday, August 25, 2024.

"It is extraordinary to be able to maintain a level of play like this throughout the tournament. Appearing strong from the first match to the final and winning," said Lanier after winning, quoted from Le Monde.

Results in Japan made Lanier have his first title in the Super 750 BWF as well as the first French player to successfully win the Super 750 BWF, the second highest level at the BWF World Tour.

In addition, he is also the youngest badminton player to ever win the Super Series at the BWF World Tour as well as the first French player in history to lift the title at the Japan Open from all sectors.

"It was amazing what happened on the pitch all week round. My level of play was incredible. I really felt like I was playing my best game," said Lanier.

On his way to the final of Japan Open 2024, the 19-year-old athlete was recorded to have stopped the world number one player from China, Shi Yuqi, in the semifinals and sixth seed from Malaysia, Lee Zii Jia, in the first round.

Then, he also managed to kill two other experienced players, Indonesian singles in a row, Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo, in the second and only rounds of Japan, Kenta Nishimoto, in the quarter-finals.

The gold medalist at the 2022 European Championships is currently in the 29th place in the world. However, his victory made his ranking automatically skyrocket when BWF released the latest rankings later.

The senior also took part in the Korea Open 2024 which took place this week. In the first round of the tournament, he will be tested by world number 23 player from Hong Kong, Ng Ka Long Angus.