Lakshya Sen (born 16 August 2001) is an Indian

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player. Sen is a former world junior no. 1. He has won gold medals at the 2018 Asian Junior Championships in the boys' singles and at the

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in the mixed team event. He won the bronze medal at the

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and was runner-up at the 2022 All England Open. Sen was also a part of the Indian team which won the

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2022. He also won the gold medal at the

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held in

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in men’s singles

Personal life

Sen, was born in

Almora Almora ( Kumaoni: ''Almāḍ'') is a municipal board and a cantonment town in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Almora district. Almora is located on a ridge at the southern edge of the Kumaon Hills of the ...

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Devbhumi" (literally 'Land of the Gods') due to its religious significance and ...

. His father, D. K. Sen, is a coach in India and his brother, Chirag Sen is also an international badminton player.

Career

2016

Having trained at the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy, Sen had shown his talent as a badminton player at a very young age, and had a brilliant year in the junior badminton circuit in 2016. He clinched the bronze medal at Junior Asian Championship after losing to

Sun Feixiang Sun Feixiang (; born 15 May 1998) is a Chinese badminton player from Yichang. He was the gold medalists at the 2016 Asian and World Junior Championships in the boys' singles event. He won his first senior international title at the 2017 China ...

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 also competed in the senior international level and won the men's singles title at the 2016 India International Series tournament.

2017

Sen started the year at Syed Modi International where he lost in the pre-quarters to compatriot

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14-21,16-21. Sen became the number one junior singles player in BWF World Junior ranking in February 2017. 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

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before losing to

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21-17,21-23 and 10-21. Sen was seeded as no.2 at the Junior World Championship but in the Quarter-finals, he again lost to

21-14,17-21,14-21.

2018

Sen defeated

Cheam June Wei Cheam June Wei (born 23 January 1997) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was the mixed doubles gold medalist at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. Career Cheam started playing badminton at aged 8 in Penang. As a junior player, he has been tra ...

a much higher ranked player than him 21-11,21-16 in straight games at the

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but lost to 2 time Olympic gold medallist and seed no.1

Lin Dan Lin Dan (born 14 October 1983) is a Chinese former professional badminton player. He is a two-time Olympic champion, five-time World champion, as well as a six-time All England champion. Widely regarded as the greatest badminton player of a ...

21-15,15-21 and 12-21. At the

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, He lost to seed no.7

Lee Cheuk Yiu Lee Cheuk Yiu (; born 28 August 1996) is a Hong Kong badminton player. Career Lee reached the final of the 2019 Hong Kong Open, after quarter- and semi-final wins against former world champion Viktor Axelsen and former world number one Sri ...

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 Kunlavut Vitidsarn ( th, กุลวุฒิ วิทิตศานต์; simply known as View ( th, วิว); born 11 May 2001) is a Thai badminton player. He was three-times World Junior champion, winning in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Vitidsa ...

in the final 21-19,21-18. At the Hyderabad Open, Sen lost to seed no. 8

Heo Kwang-hee Heo Kwang-hee (; born 11 August 1995) is a South Korean badminton player who was educated at the Dankook University. He was selected to join the national team in 2012, and joined the Samsung Electro-Mechanics team in 2014. Heo was the bronze me ...

13-21 and 12-21. Sen defeated seed no.2

Sitthikom Thammasin Sitthikom Thammasin ( th, สิทธิคมน์ ธรรมศิลป์; born 7 April 1995) is a Thai badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played wi ...

21-14,21-19 in the pre-quarters of 2018 Bangka Belitung Indonesia Masters but lost to seed no.7

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21-12,20-21 and 14-21 in the Quarter-finals. Sen participated at the

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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. Sen clinched the bronze medal at the BWF Junior World Championships after losing to the eventual champion

in the semi-finals 22-20,16-21,13-21.

2019

Sen won the

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tournament by beating

Victor Svendsen Victor Svendsen (born 2 August 1995) is a Danish badminton player. Svendsen has shown his talent as a badminton player since he was young. Trained at the Vendsyssel's talent department, he claimed the national U–13 elite team title and won the ...

21-14 and 21-15. Sen clinched his first BWF Tour title by winning the Dutch Open men's singles title after beating

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of Japan. The Dutch Open is a BWF Tour Super 100 tournament. In November 2019, he won the

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which is a BWF Tour Super 100 tournament held in Saarbrücken, Germany. He defeated China's

Weng Hongyang Weng Hongyang (; born 18 June 1999) is a Chinese badminton player. He won his first BWF World Tour title at the 2019 Lingshui China Masters. Career Early career Weng entered the Fuzhou Sports School in 2006, and later the Fujian Sports Scho ...

in the final to claim the title. He won the men's singles title in the 2019 Scottish Open in November, with a victory against Brazilian

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2020

Sen was a member of the Indian team which clinched the bronze medal at

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. 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

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17-21 and 18-21. He lost to

Hans-Kristian Vittinghus Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus (born 16 January 1986) is a Danish badminton player. He was a member of the winning Denmark team at the 2016 Thomas Cup in Kunshan, China. Career Junior He won 4 junior national titles, 2 in singles in 2003 ...

21-15,7-21 and 15-21 in 2nd round of the

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. Sen was seeded as no.2 at 2020 SaarLorLux Open but withdrew due to an injury. The

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restricted him to play any more international BWF Tournaments in the year.

2021

In December, he reached the World Championships semifinals where he lost to compatriot

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in a hard fought match 21–17, 14–21, 17–21 and settled for a bronze medal.

2022

In January, he defeated the reigning world champion

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in the

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final, thus clinching his first Super 500 title. He defeated Loh in two straight games 24–22, 21–17. In the German Open, Lakshya defeated World No.1

in the semifinals, but lost the finals to

. He then defeated World No. 3

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and World No. 7

Lee Zii Jia Lee Zii Jia (, born 29 March 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was the men's singles gold medalist at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games and won his first BWF Super 1000 title at the 2021 All England Open. Lee is the reigning men's singles ...

to reach the finals of the 2022 All England Open. He lost the finals to

10–21, 15–21. He subsequently withdrew from the

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, as he was tired after playing 2 back-to-back BWF tournaments finals. 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. He became Commonwealth champion at

by defeating

Ng Tze Yong Ng Tze Yong ( zh, 黄智勇, p=; born on 16 May 2000) is a Malaysian badminton player. Ng won a bronze medal in the 2021 Sudirman Cup. He also helped his team to win gold at the 2022 Badminton Asia Team Championships, Badminton Asia Team Champi ...

of Malaysia in the final. Sen was also part of the Indian team that won silver in the mixed team event.

Honours

* Bestowed with

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for badminton on November 2022

Achievements

World Championships

''Men's singles''

Commonwealth Games

''Men's singles''

Youth Olympic Games

''Boys' singles''

World Junior Championships

''Boys' singles''

Asia Junior Championships

''Boys' singles''

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

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(BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Men's singles''

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

''Men's singles'' :

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tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

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tournament

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

''Boys' singles'' : BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament : BWF Junior International Challenge tournament : BWF Junior International Series tournament : BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Career overview

Record against selected opponents

Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi finalists, and Olympic quarter finalists. Accurate as of 27 October 2022.

Awards and recognition

National

: 2022

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sen, Lakshya 2001 births Living people People from Almora Racket sportspeople from Uttarakhand Indian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Badminton players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Recipients of the Arjuna Award