Lakshya Sen


Lakshya Sen 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.
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. He also competed in the mixed team event, 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 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.
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.
in July 2018.

Achievements

Youth Olympic Games

Boys' singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2018Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires, Argentina Li Shifeng15–21, 19–21 Silver

World Junior Championships

Boys' singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2018Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada Kunlavut Vitidsarn20–22, 21–16, 21–13 Bronze

Asia Junior Championships

Boys' singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2018Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center, Jakarta, Indonesia Kunlavut Vitidsarn21–19, 21–18 Gold
2016CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand Sun Feixiang12–21, 16–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour (2 titles)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. Lakshya Sen won the Dutch Open BWF Super-100 Tournament 2019.
Men's singles
YearTournamentLevelOpponentScoreResult
2019SaarLorLux OpenSuper 100 Weng Hongyang17–21, 21–18, 21–16 Winner
2019Dutch OpenSuper 100 Yusuke Onodera15–21, 21–14, 21–15 Winner

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

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2019Bangladesh International Leong Jun Hao22–20, 21–18 Winner
2019Scottish Open Ygor Coelho de Oliveira18–21, 21–18, 21–19 Winner
2019Belgian International Victor Svendsen21–14, 21–15 Winner
2019Polish Open Kunlavut Vitidsarn17–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2018Tata Open India International Kunlavut Vitidsarn21–15, 21–10 Winner
2017Tata Open India International Sitthikom Thammasin21–15, 14–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2017India International Series Chong Yee Han21–15, 17–21, 21–17 Winner
2017Bulgarian Open Zvonimir Durkinjak18–21, 21–12, 21–17 Winner
2016India International Series Lee Zii Jia11–13, 11–3, 11–6 Winner

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

Boys' singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2014Swiss Junior International B. M. Rahul Bharadwaj11–5, 11–6, 6–11, 11–6 Winner
2015India Junior International Chirag Sen21–18, 21–15 Winner
2017German Junior International Lee Chia-hao21–19, 11–21, 18–21 Runner-up