Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen made an entry in the final of the Canada Open Super 500 badminton tournament after defeating Japan's Kenta Nishimoto in straight games in the men’s singles semifinal here while PV Sindhu exited the tournament after losing to Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi.

Sen, who has slipped to world number 19 after struggling to find his form in the season so far and making early exits in the past few tournaments, saw off the world number 11 Japanese 21-17 21-14 to enter his second Super 500 final and first BWF summit clash in over a year.