BWF
MS 2020
Association/Academy
Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy
Coach : Vimal Kumar
Sponsor : Tata Capital, Infosys, Yonex
Ranking
27
1
BWF
U19BS 2020
37
National
MS 2020
Lakshya Sen in Headline
Lakshya Sen (born 16 August 2001) is an Indian badminton player. 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. 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. He emerged as the champion at the 2018 Asian Junior Championships defeating the top seeded World No. 1 Kunlavut Vitidsarn in the final.
Performance
YONEX SUNRISE BANGLADESH INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE 2019
International, MS
Winner, 2019
Dhaka, Bangladesh
SCOTTISH OPEN 2019
International, MS
Winner, 2019
Glasgow, Scotland
SAARLORLUX OPEN 2019
International, MS
Winner, 2019
Saarbrücken, Germany
YONEX DUTCH OPEN 2019
International, MS
Winner, 2019
Almere, Netharlands
YONEX BELGIAN INTERNATIONAL 2019
International, MS
Winner, 2019
Leuven, Belgium
YONEX POLISH OPEN 2019
International, MS
Runner, 2019
Częstochowa, Poland
About Lakshya Sen
Sen participated at the2018 Summer Youth Olympicsas the fourth seeded. He settled forboys' singlessilver medal after losing to Chinese player Li Shifeng in straight games 15–21, 19–21. He also competed in themixed teamevent, and helped team Alpha win the gold medal.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 theSaarLorLux Openwhich is a BWF Tour Super 100 tournament. The tournament is held in Saarbrücken, Germany. He defeated China'sWeng Hongyangin the final to claim the title.He claimed his fourth title in 2019 inScottish Openin November, with a victory against Brazil’sYgor Coelhoin the men’s singles summit clash.
