Lakshya Sen

Lakshya Sen (born 16 August 2001) is an Indian badminton player.[1] Sen, born in Almora, belongs to a badminton family. His father, D. K. Sen, is a coach in India and his brother, Chirag Sen, is also an international badminton player.[2] Trained at the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy, Sen has shown his talent as a badminton player at a young age, and has had a brilliant year in the junior badminton circuit in 2016. He became the number one junior singles player in BWF World Junior ranking in February, 2017. Sen also competed in the senior international level and won the men's singles title at the 2016 India International Series tournament.[3] He emerged as the champion at the 2018 Asian Junior Championships defeating the top seeded World No. 1 Kunlavut Vitidsarn in the final.[4]

Lakshya Sen
Sen with his silver medal of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Country India
Born (2001-08-16) 16 August 2001
Almora, Uttarakhand, India
ResidenceAlmora, Uttarakhand, India
Height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Handednessright
CoachVimal Kumar
Prakash Padukone
D. K. Sen
Men's singles
Highest ranking28 (18 February 2020)
Current ranking28 (18 February 2020)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  India
Asia Team Championships
2020 Manila Men's team
Youth Olympic Games
2018 Buenos Aires Boys' singles
World Junior Championships
2018 Markham Boys' singles
Asian Junior Championships
2018 Jakarta Boys' singles
2016 Bangkok Boys' singles
Representing Mixed-NOCs
Youth Olympic Games
2018 Buenos Aires Mixed team
BWF profile

Sen participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics as the fourth seeded. He settled for boys' singles silver medal after losing to Chinese player Li Shifeng in straight games 15–21, 19–21.[5] He also competed in the mixed team event, and helped team Alpha win the gold medal.[6] Lakshya Sen on Sunday clinched his maiden BWF World Tour title by winning the Dutch Open men's singles title after beating Yusuke Onodera of Japan. The Dutch Open is a BWF Tour Super 100 tournament.

He won the SaarLorLux Open which is a BWF Tour Super 100 tournament. The tournament is held in Saarbrücken, Germany. He defeated China's Weng Hongyang in the final to claim the title.[7]

He claimed his fourth title in 2019 in Scottish Open in November, with a victory against Brazil’s Ygor Coelho in the men’s singles summit clash.[8]

Sen (left) with Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore in July 2018.

Achievements

Youth Olympic Games

Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2018 Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires, Argentina Li Shifeng 15–21, 19–21 Silver

World Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2018 Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada Kunlavut Vitidsarn 20–22, 21–16, 21–13 Bronze

Asia Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2018 Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center, Jakarta, Indonesia Kunlavut Vitidsarn 21–19, 21–18 Gold
2016 CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand Sun Feixiang 12–21, 16–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour (2 titles)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[9] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[10] Lakshya Sen won the Dutch Open BWF Super-100 Tournament 2019.[11]

Men's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2019 SaarLorLux Open Super 100 Weng Hongyang 17–21, 21–18, 21–16 Winner
2019 Dutch Open Super 100 Yusuke Onodera 15–21, 21–14, 21–15 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 2 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2019 Bangladesh International Leong Jun Hao 22–20, 21–18 Winner
2019 Scottish Open Ygor Coelho de Oliveira 18–21, 21–18, 21–19 Winner
2019 Belgian International Victor Svendsen 21–14, 21–15 Winner
2019 Polish Open Kunlavut Vitidsarn 17–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2018 Tata Open India International Kunlavut Vitidsarn 21–15, 21–10 Winner
2017 Tata Open India International Sitthikom Thammasin 21–15, 14–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2017 India International Series Chong Yee Han 21–15, 17–21, 21–17 Winner
2017 Bulgarian Open Zvonimir Durkinjak 18–21, 21–12, 21–17 Winner
2016 India International Series Lee Zii Jia 11–13, 11–3, 11–6 Winner
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament
     BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Boys' singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2014 Swiss Junior International B. M. Rahul Bharadwaj 11–5, 11–6, 6–11, 11–6 Winner
2015 India Junior International Chirag Sen 21–18, 21–15 Winner
2017 German Junior International Lee Chia-hao 21–19, 11–21, 18–21 Runner-up
     BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
     BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
     BWF Junior International Series tournament
     BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References
  1. "Players: Lakshya Sen". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  2. Nadkarni, Shirish (8 February 2017). "Decoding Lakshya Sen: How the world's No 1 junior has taken the badminton world by storm". Firstpost. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  3. Talwar, Gaurav (2 February 2017). "Lakshya Sen becomes World No 1 junior badminton player". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  4. "Lakshya Sen stuns World No 1 to bag badminton gold in Asian Junior Championships". The Indian Express. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  5. "Youth Olympics 2018: Lakshya Sen settles for silver medal in Badminton". The Indian Express. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  6. "Youth Olympics: Why Lakshya Sen's gold, Manu Bhaker's silver won't be added to India's medal count". DNA. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  7. "Sensational Lakshya Sen claims SaarLorlux Open title - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  8. "Lakshya Sen wins Scottish Open badminton title". The Hindu. PTI. 25 November 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 November 2019.CS1 maint: others (link)
  9. "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
  10. "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.
  11. "Lakshya Sen wins Dutch Open for maiden BWF World Tour title - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

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