Lakshya Sen
| Lakshya Sen | |
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.jpg) Sen with his silver medal of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
| Country | India |
| Born | 16 August 2001 Almora, Uttarakhand, India |
| Residence | Almora, Uttarakhand, India |
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Handedness | right |
| Coach | Vimal Kumar Prakash Padukone D. K. Sen |
| Men's singles | |
| Highest ranking | 23 (23 March 2021) |
| Current ranking | 23 (23 March 2021) |
Medal record | |
| BWF profile | |
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]
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]
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Achievements[edit]
Youth Olympic Games[edit]
Boys' singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires, Argentina |  Li Shifeng
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15–21, 19–21 |  Silver
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World Junior Championships[edit]
Boys' singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada |  Kunlavut Vitidsarn
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20–22, 21–16, 21–13 |  Bronze
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Asia Junior Championships[edit]
Boys' singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand | Sun Feixiang
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12–21, 16–21 | Bronze
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| 2018 | Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center, Jakarta, Indonesia | Kunlavut Vitidsarn
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21–19, 21–18 |  Gold
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BWF World Tour (2 titles)[edit]
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[9] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[10]
Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Dutch Open | Super 100 |  Yusuke Onodera
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15–21, 21–14, 21–15 |  Winner
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| 2019 | SaarLorLux Open | Super 100 | Weng Hongyang
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17–21, 21–18, 21–16 | Winner
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BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 2 runners-up)[edit]
Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | India International Series |  Lee Zii Jia
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11–13, 11–3, 11–6 | Winner
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| 2017 | Bulgarian Open |  Zvonimir Đurkinjak
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18–21, 21–12, 21–17 | Winner
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| 2017 | India International Series | Chong Yee Han
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21–15, 17–21, 21–17 | Winner
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| 2017 | Tata Open India International | Sitthikom Thammasin
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21–15, 14–21, 19–21 |  Runner-up
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| 2018 | Tata Open India International | Kunlavut Vitidsarn
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21–15, 21–10 | Winner
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| 2019 | Polish Open | Kunlavut Vitidsarn
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17–21, 14–21 | Runner-up
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| 2019 | Belgian International |  Victor Svendsen
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21–14, 21–15 | Winner
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| 2019 | Scottish Open |  Ygor Coelho de Oliveira
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18–21, 21–18, 21–19 | Winner
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| 2019 | Bangladesh International | Leong Jun Hao
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22–20, 21–18 | Winner
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- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
BWF Junior International (2 titles, 1 runner-up)[edit]
Boys' singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Swiss Junior International |  B. M. Rahul Bharadwaj
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11–5, 11–6, 6–11, 11–6 | Winner
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| 2015 | India Junior International | Chirag Sen
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21–18, 21–15 | Winner
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| 2017 | German Junior International |  Lee Chia-hao
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21–19, 11–21, 18–21 | Runner-up
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- BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
- BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
- BWF Junior International Series tournament
- BWF Junior Future Series tournament
Career overview[edit]
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | SR | Best | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Year | ||||||||||||||||
| Grade 1 – BWF World Tour Super 1000 | |||||||||||||||||
| All England Open | A | 2R | QF | 0/2 | QF | '21 | |||||||||||
| China Open | A | NH | 0/0 | A | |||||||||||||
| Indonesia Open | A | NH | 0/0 | A | |||||||||||||
| Grade 2 – BWF World Tour Super 750 | |||||||||||||||||
| Japan Open | A | NH | 0/0 | A | |||||||||||||
| Denmark Open | A | 2R | 0/1 | R16 | '20 | ||||||||||||
| French Open | A | NH | 0/0 | A | |||||||||||||
| Fuzhou China Open | A | NH | 0/0 | A | |||||||||||||
| Malaysia Open | A | NH | 0/0 | A | |||||||||||||
| Grade 3 – BWF World Tour Super 500 | |||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia Masters | A | 1R | 0/1 | R32 | '20 | ||||||||||||
| Indonesia Masters | A | 1R | 0/1 | R32 | '20 | ||||||||||||
| India Open | A | NH | 0/0 | A | |||||||||||||
| Singapore Open | A | NH | 0/0 | A | |||||||||||||
| Thailand Open | A | NH | 0/0 | A | |||||||||||||
| Korea Open | A | NH | 0/0 | A | |||||||||||||
| Hong Kong Open | A | NH | 0/0 | A | |||||||||||||
| Grade 4 – BWF World Tour Super 300 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thailand Masters | A | NH | 0/0 | A | |||||||||||||
| Spanish Masters | A | 2R | 0/1 | R16 | '19 | ||||||||||||
| German Open | A | NH | 0/0 | A | |||||||||||||
| Swiss Open | A | NH | 0/0 | A | |||||||||||||
| New Zealand Open | A | 1R | 0/1 | R32 | '19 | ||||||||||||
| Australia Open | A | QF | 1/1 | QF | '19 | ||||||||||||
| U.S. Open | A | 2R | 1/1 | R16 | '19 | ||||||||||||
| Chinese Taipei Open | A | NH | 0/0 | A | |||||||||||||
| Macau Open | A | NH | 0/0 | A | |||||||||||||
| Korea Masters | A | NH | 0/0 | A | |||||||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Players: Lakshya Sen". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Talwar, Gaurav (2 February 2017). "Lakshya Sen becomes World No 1 junior badminton player". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "Lakshya Sen stuns World No 1 to bag badminton gold in Asian Junior Championships". The Indian Express. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "Youth Olympics 2018: Lakshya Sen settles for silver medal in Badminton". The Indian Express. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Sensational Lakshya Sen claims SaarLorlux Open title - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "Lakshya Sen wins Scottish Open badminton title". The Hindu. PTI. 25 November 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 November 2019.CS1 maint: others (link)
- ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
External links[edit]
- Lakshya Sen at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com