Lakshya Sen | |
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Personal information | |
Country | India |
Born | Almora, Uttarakhand, India [1] | 16 August 2001
Residence | Bengaluru, India |
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Years active | 2016–present |
Handedness | Right |
Coach | U. Vimal Kumar |
Men's singles | |
Career record | 236 wins, 102 losses |
Highest ranking | 6 (8 November 2022) |
Current ranking | 14 (21 May 2024) |
Medal record | |
BWF profile |
Lakshya Sen (born 16 August 2001)[2] is an Indian badminton player and a former World Junior No. 1. He has won gold medals at the 2018 Asian Junior Championships in the boys' singles and at the Summer Youth Olympics in the mixed team event. He won the bronze medal at the 2021 World Championships and was runner-up at the 2022 All England Open.[3] Sen was a part of the Indian team which won the 2022 Thomas Cup.[4] He also won the gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[5]
At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Sen became the first-ever Indian male badminton player to reach the Olympic semi-finals after winning the quarter-final match against Chou Tien-chen in the men's single event.[6]
Sen was born on 16 August 2001 to Nirmala and Dhirendra Sen in the Almora district of Uttarakhand.[7] They shifted to Bangalore for the sake of his badminton career. Sen is a third generation shuttler from his family. His grandfather Chandra Lal Sen and his father were also badminton players.[8] His elder brother Chirag Sen is also a shuttler.[9]
Sen has formally denied having Bengali roots , contrary to popular belief. This clarification was made during an interview published by the Bengali newspaper Ananda Bazar.[10]
Vimal Kumar is his coach while celebrated player Prakash Padukone is his mentor.[11] Sen's conditioning coach is Paddy Upton.[12]
Sen was about ten years old when he walked into Vimal Kumar's office at the Karnataka Badminton Association in Bengaluru, stood on his toes to reach the table and gave him a handwritten note. In it, he wrote scoreline details, wanting to join the academy to get better and beat his opponents.[13]
Having trained at the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy, Sen had shown his talent as a badminton player at a very young age.[14] In 2014, he won the Swiss Junior International and had a brilliant year in the junior badminton circuit in 2016.[15]
He clinched the bronze medal at Junior Asian Championship after losing to Sun Feixiang 12–21, 16–21. Coincidently, Sen lost to Sun again in the pre-quarters of Junior World Championship 21–17, 8–21 and 13–21. His team finished 8th in the team event. Sen then competed in the senior international level and won the men's singles title at the 2016 India International Series tournament.
Sen started off at Syed Modi International where he lost in the pre-quarters to compatriot Sourabh Verma 14–21, 16–21. Sen then became the number one junior singles player in BWF World Junior ranking in February 2017.[16] At the Junior Asian Championship, Sen was seeded as No.1 but lost in the pre-quarters to Lin Chun-yi 21–13, 23–25 and 20–22. Sen reached the Quarter-finals of Vietnam Open before losing to Kodai Naraoka 21–17, 21–23 and 10–21. Sen was then seeded as No. 2 at the Junior World Championship but in the Quarter-finals, he lost to Kodai Naraoka 21–14, 17–21, 14–21.
Sen defeated Cheam June Wei, a much higher ranked player than him 21–11, 21–16 in straight games at the New Zealand Open but lost to 2 time Olympic gold medallist and seed No.1 Lin Dan 21–15, 15–21 and 12–21. At the Australian Open. He lost to seed No.7 Lee Cheuk Yiu 20–22, 21–13 and 19–21. Sen emerged as the champion at the 2018 Asian Junior Championships defeating the top seeded World Junior No. 1 Kunlavut Vitidsarn in the final 21–19, 21–18.[17]
At the Hyderabad Open, Sen lost to seed No. 8 Heo Kwang-hee 13–21 and 12–21. Sen defeated seed No.2 Sitthikom Thammasin 21–14, 21–19 in the pre-quarters of 2018 Bangka Belitung Indonesia Masters but lost to seed No.7 Lin Yu-hsien 21–12, 20–21 and 14–21 in the Quarter-finals.
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.[18] He also competed in the mixed team event, and helped team Alpha win the gold medal.[19]
Sen clinched the bronze medal at the BWF Junior World Championships after losing to the eventual champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn in the semi-finals 22–20, 16–21, 13–21.
Sen won the 2019 Belgian International tournament by beating Victor Svendsen 21–14 and 21–15. Sen clinched his first BWF 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. In November 2019, he won the SaarLorLux Open which is a BWF Tour Super 100 tournament held in Saarbrücken, Germany. He defeated China's Weng Hongyang in the final to claim the title.[20]
He won the men's singles title in the 2019 Scottish Open in November, with a victory against Brazilian Ygor Coelho.[21]
Sen was a member of the Indian team which clinched the bronze medal at 2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships.
Sen reached the 2nd round of 2020 All England Open which was his 1st ever BWF Super 1000 Tournament before losing to the champion and world No. 1 Viktor Axelsen 17–21 and 18–21. He lost to Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 21–15, 7–21 and 15–21 in 2nd round of the 2020 Denmark Open. Sen was seeded as No.2 at 2020 SaarLorLux Open but withdrew due to an injury. The Covid-19 Pandemic restricted him to play any more international BWF Tournaments in the year.
In December, he reached the World Championships semifinals where he lost to compatriot Srikanth Kidambi in a hard-fought match 21–17, 14–21, 17–21 and settled for a bronze medal.[22]
In January, he defeated the reigning world champion Loh Kean Yew in the India Open final, thus clinching his first Super 500 title. He defeated Loh in two straight games 24–22, 21–17.[23] In the German Open, Lakshya defeated World No.1 Viktor Axelsen in the semifinals, but lost the finals to Kunlavut Vitidsarn. He then defeated World No. 3 Anders Antonsen and World No. 7 Lee Zii Jia to reach the finals of the 2022 All England Open.[24] He lost the finals to Viktor Axelsen 10–21, 15–21.[25][26] He subsequently withdrew from the Swiss Open, as he was tired after playing 2 back-to-back BWF tournaments finals.[27] Lakshya Sen was part of the Indian men's team for 2022 Thomas Cup. The team went on to win the Thomas Cup by beating Indonesia 3–0, with Sen winning his match against Anthony Sinisuka Ginting.[28] He became Commonwealth champion at 2022 Commonwealth Games by defeating Ng Tze Yong of Malaysia in the final. Sen was also part of the Indian team that won silver in the mixed team event.[29]
In February, Lakshya Sen was a member of the Indian team that clinched the bronze medal at Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships.
On July 9, Lakshya Sen defeated China's Li Shifeng in straight sets 21-18, 22-20 in the final of 2023 Canada Open in Calgary, Canada.[30] Sen was part of the Indian team which won a silver medal in the men's team event at 2022 Asian games.[31]
In the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Sen became the first Indian to advance to the semifinals of the Men’s singles badminton tournament.[32] The unseeded Sen beat the 12th-seeded, Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien-chen 19-21, 21-15, 21-12 in the Olympic quarterfinals.[33] Sen, however, lost 20-22, 14-21 to World No. 2 Danish shuttler Viktor Axelsen in the semifinals.[34][35] During the bronze medal match, he lost to Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia 21-13, 16-21, 10-21, thus finishing his campaign at the fourth position. His right hand injury worked as a hindrance.[36]
Men's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2024 | Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris | Lee Zii Jia | 21-13, 16-21, 11-21 | 4th |
Men's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2021 | Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain | Srikanth Kidambi | 21–17, 14–21, 17–21 | Bronze |
Men's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2022 | National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England | Ng Tze Yong | 19–21, 21–9, 21–16 | Gold |
Boys' singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Li Shifeng | 15–21, 19–21 | Silver |
Boys' singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada | Kunlavut Vitidsarn | 22–20, 16–21, 13–21 | Bronze |
Boys' singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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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 |
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the BWF aka Badminton World Federation.[37] The World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super–1000, Super–750, Super–500, Super–300, and the BWF Tour Super–100.[38]
Men's singles
Year | Tournament | Level | Opponent | Score | Result |
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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 |
2022 | India Open | Super 500 | Loh Kean Yew | 24–22, 21–17 | Winner |
2022 | German Open | Super 300 | Kunlavut Vitidsarn | 18–21, 15–21 | Runner-up |
2022 | All England Open | Super 1000 | Viktor Axelsen | 10–21, 15–21 | Runner-up |
2023 | Canada Open | Super 500 | Li Shifeng | 21–18, 22–20 | Winner |
Men's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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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 | Chong Yee Han | 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 | 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 |
Boys' singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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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 |
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | G | S | B | NH | N/A | DNQ |
Team events | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Asian Junior Championships | QF | 2R | QF |
World Junior Championships | QF | QF | QF |
Team events | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Asia Team Championships | A | NH | B | NH | A | NH | QF |
Asia Mixed Team Championships | NH | A | NH | B | NH | ||
Asian Games | A | NH | S | NH | |||
Commonwealth Games | A | NH | S | NH | |||
Thomas Cup | RR | NH | A | NH | G | NH | |
Sudirman Cup | NH | A | NH | A | NH | A | NH |
Events | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Asian Junior Championships | B | 4R | G |
World Junior Championships | 4R | QF | B |
Youth Olympic Games | NH | S |
Events | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Asian Championships | NH | 1R | 1R | 1R | |
Asian Games | NH | A | NH | ||
Commonwealth Games | NH | G | NH | ||
World Championships | NH | B | 3R | 3R | NH |
Olympic Games | DNQ | NH | 4th |
Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | Best | |||||||
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Result | Year | ||||||||||||||||
Level 1 – BWF World Tour Finals | |||||||||||||||||
BWF World Tour Finals | DNQ | SF | DNQ | 0/1 | SF | '21 | |||||||||||
Level 2 – BWF World Tour Super 1000 | |||||||||||||||||
Malaysia Open | A | NH | A | 1R | 1R | 0/2 | 1R | '23, '24 | |||||||||
All England Open | A | 2R | QF | F | 2R | SF | 0/5 | F | '22 | ||||||||
Indonesia Open | A | NH | 1R | 1R | 2R | QF | 0/4 | QF | '24 | ||||||||
China Open | A | NH | 1R | 0/1 | 1R | '23 | |||||||||||
Level 3 – BWF World Tour Super 750 | |||||||||||||||||
India Open | A | NH | W | 2R | 1R | 1/3 | W | '22 | |||||||||
French Open | A | NH | QF | 1R | 1R | SF | 0/4 | SF | '24 | ||||||||
Singapore Open | A | NH | A | 1R | 1R | 0/2 | 1R | '23, '24 | |||||||||
Japan Open | A | NH | 1R | SF | 0/2 | SF | '23 | ||||||||||
Denmark Open | A | 2R | 2R | QF | 1R | 0/4 | QF | '22 | |||||||||
China Masters | A | NH | 1R | 0/1 | 1R | '23 | |||||||||||
Level 4 – BWF World Tour Super 500 | |||||||||||||||||
Indonesia Masters | NH | A | Q1 | 2R | QF | QF | 2R | 0/5 | QF | '22, '23 | |||||||
Thailand Open | A | NH | A | SF | A | 0/1 | SF | '23 | |||||||||
Malaysia Masters | A | Q1 | NH | A | 2R | A | 0/2 | 2R | '23 | ||||||||
Australian Open | A | 1R | Q2 | NH | w/d | 1R | 0/3 | 1R | '18, '23 | ||||||||
Canada Open | A | 2R | NH | A | W | 1/2 | W | '23 | |||||||||
Korea Open | A | NH | 2R | A | 0/1 | 2R | '22 | ||||||||||
Hong Kong Open | A | NH | A | 0/0 | A | ||||||||||||
Arctic Open | NA | A | 0/0 | A | |||||||||||||
Japan Masters | NA | 1R | 0/1 | 1R | '23 | ||||||||||||
Level 5 – BWF World Tour Super 300 | |||||||||||||||||
Thailand Masters | A | NH | A | 0/0 | A | ||||||||||||
German Open | A | NH | F | 1R | A | 0/2 | F | '22 | |||||||||
Orléans Masters | NA | A | 1R | NH | A | 0/1 | 1R | '19 | |||||||||
Swiss Open | A | NH | 1R | w/d | 1R | 2R | 0/3 | 2R | '24 | ||||||||
Spain Masters | NA | A | Q1 | A | NH | A | w/d | 0/1 | Q1 | '19 | |||||||
U.S. Open | A | 2R | NH | SF | 0/2 | SF | '23 | ||||||||||
Taipei Open | A | NH | A | 0/0 | A | ||||||||||||
Macau Open | A | NH | NA | 0/0 | A | ||||||||||||
Hylo Open | A | W | w/d | SF | 1R | A | 1/3 | W | '19 | ||||||||
Korea Masters | A | NH | A | 0/0 | A | ||||||||||||
Syed Modi International | 3R | A | 2R | NH | w/d | A | 0/2 | 3R | '17 | ||||||||
New Zealand Open | A | 2R | 1R | NH | NA | 0/2 | 2R | '18 | |||||||||
Level 6 – BWF World Tour Super 100 | |||||||||||||||||
Ruichang China Masters | NA | A | SF | NH | A | 0/1 | SF | '19 | |||||||||
Indonesia Masters Super 100 | NA | QF | A | NH | A | 0/1 | QF | '18 | |||||||||
Vietnam Open | 3R | A | NH | A | 0/1 | 3R | '17 | ||||||||||
Odisha Open | NA | NH | A | 0/0 | A | ||||||||||||
Akita Masters | NA | A | NH | NA | 0/0 | A | |||||||||||
Dutch Open | A | W | NH | NA | 1/1 | W | '19 | ||||||||||
Hyderabad Open | NA | 2R | 1R | NH | NA | 0/2 | 2R | '18 | |||||||||
Russian Open | A | w/d | NH | NA | 0/0 | A | |||||||||||
Year-end ranking | 87 | 109 | 32 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 16 | 6 | |||||||||
Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | Best |
Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 23 April 2024.
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2022 | Arjuna Award | Won | [39][40] |
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