Lakshya Sen

Lakshya Sen
Lakshya Sen
	Sen with his silver medal of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Country	India
Born	16 August 2001 (age 20); 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	17 (21 December 2021)
Current ranking	17 (21 December 2021)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing India
World Championships
Asia Team Championships
Youth Olympic Games
World Junior Championships
Asian Junior Championships
Representing Mixed-NOCs
Youth Olympic Games
	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 very 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]

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

Achievements[]

World Championships[]

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain	Srikanth Kidambi	21–17, 14–21, 17–21	Bronze

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	22–20, 16–21, 13–21	Bronze

Asia Junior Championships[]

Boys' singles

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

BWF World Tour (2 titles)[]

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	15–21, 21–14, 21–15	Winner
2019	SaarLorLux Open	Super 100	Weng Hongyang	17–21, 21–18, 21–16	Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 3 runners-up)[]

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	India International Series	Lee Zii Jia	11–13, 11–3, 11–6	Winner
2017	Bulgarian Open	Zvonimir Đurkinjak	18–21, 21–12, 21–17	Winner
2017	India International Series		21–15, 17–21, 21–17	Winner
2017	Tata Open India International	Sitthikom Thammasin	21–15, 14–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2018	Tata Open India International	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	21–15, 21–10	Winner
2019	Polish Open	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	17–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2019	Belgian International	Victor Svendsen	21–14, 21–15	Winner
2019	Scottish Open	Ygor Coelho de Oliveira	18–21, 21–18, 21–19	Winner
2019	Bangladesh International	Leong Jun Hao	22–20, 21–18	Winner
2021	Dutch Open	Loh Kean Yew	12–21, 16–21	Runner-up

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		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

Career overview[]

Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	SR	Best
Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	SR	Result	Year
World Championships	DNQ			NH	B		0/1	B	'21
Level 1 – BWF World Tour Finals
BWF World Tour Finals	DNQ				SF		0/1	SF	'21
Level 2 – BWF World Tour Super 1000
All England Open	A			2R	QF		0/2	QF	'21
China Open	A			NH			0/0	A
Denmark Open	A			2R	2R		0/2	2R	'20, '21
Indonesia Open	A			NH	1R		0/1	1R	'21
Level 3 – BWF World Tour Super 750
Malaysia Open	A			NH			0/0	A
Japan Open	A			NH			0/0	A
French Open	A			NH	QF		0/1	QF	'21
Fuzhou China Open	A			NH			0/0	A
Indonesia Masters	NH	A		Q1	2R		0/2	2R	'21
Level 4 – BWF World Tour Super 500
Malaysia Masters	A			Q1	NH		0/1	Q1	'20
India Open	A			NH		Q	0/0	A
Singapore Open	A			NH			0/0	A
Thailand Open	A				NH		0/0	A
Korea Open	A			NH			0/0	A
Hylo Open	A		W	w/d	SF		1/1	W	'19
Hong Kong Open	A			NH			0/0	A
Level 5 – BWF World Tour Super 300
Thailand Masters	A				NH		0/0	A
Swiss Open	A			NH	1R		0/1	1R	'21
German Open	A			NH			0/0	A
New Zealand Open	A	2R	1R	NH			0/2	2R	'18
Australia Open	A	1R	Q2	NH			0/2	1R	'18
Spain Masters	NA	A	Q1	A			0/1	Q1	'19
Korea Masters	A			NH			0/0	A
U.S. Open	A		2R	NH			0/1	2R	'19
Chinese Taipei Open	A			NH			0/0	A
Syed Modi International	3R	A	2R	NH			0/1	3R	'17
Macau Open	A			NH			0/0	A
Level 6 – BWF World Tour Super 100
Lingshui China Masters	NA	A	SF	NH			0/1	SF	'19
Orléans Masters	NA	A	1R	NH	A		0/1	1R	'19
Canada Open	A		2R	NH			0/1	2R	'19
Russian Open	A		w/d	NH			0/0	A
Hyderabad Open	NA	2R	1R	NH			0/2	2R	'18
Vietnam Open	3R	A		NH			0/1	3R	'17
Indonesia Masters Super 100	NA	QF	A	NH			0/1	QF	'18
Dutch Open	A		W	NH	NA		1/1	W	'19
Year-end ranking	87	109	32	27	17			17
Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	SR	Best

References[]

^ "Players: Lakshya Sen". 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". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links[]

Lakshya Sen at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com

[1] "Players: Lakshya Sen". 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] Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

[10] Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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