Lakshya Sen

Lakshya Sen
Lakshya at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Country	India
Born	(2001-08-16) 16 August 2001 (age 22) Almora, Uttarakhand, India
Residence	Bangalore, India
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Years active	2016–present
Handedness	Right
Coach	U. Vimal Kumar
Men's singles
Career record	235 wins, 100 losses
Highest ranking	6 (8 November 2022)
Current ranking	13 (19 March 2024)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing   India World Championships 2021 Huelva Men's singles Thomas Cup 2022 Bangkok Men's team Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Men's singles 2022 Birmingham Mixed team Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Men's team Asia Mixed Team Championships 2023 Dubai Mixed team Asia Team Championships 2020 Manila Men's team Youth Olympic Games 2018 Buenos Aires Boys' singles World Junior Championships 2018 Markham Boys' singles Asian Junior Championships 2018 Jakarta Boys' singles 2016 Bangkok Boys' singles Representing Mixed-NOCs Youth Olympic Games 2018 Buenos Aires Mixed team
BWF profile

Lakshya Sen (born 16 August 2001) is an Indian badminton player. ^[1] 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 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. Sen was also a part of the Indian team which won the 2022 Thomas Cup. He also won the gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. ^[2]

Personal life

Sen, was born in Almora in Uttarakhand. His father, D. K. Sen, is a coach in India. ^[3]

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 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 Sourabh Verma 14–21,16–21. Sen became the number one junior singles player in BWF World Junior ranking in February 2017. ^[4] 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 seeded as no.2 at the Junior World Championship but in the Quarter-finals, he again lost to Kodai Naraoka 21–14,17–21,14–21.

2018

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

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. ^[5]

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. ^[6] He also competed in the mixed team event, and helped team Alpha win the gold medal. ^[7]

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.

2019

Sen won the 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. ^[8]

He won the men's singles title in the 2019 Scottish Open in November, with a victory against Brazilian Ygor Coelho. ^[9]

2020

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.

2021

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. ^[10]

2022

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. ^[11] 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. ^[12] He lost the finals to Viktor Axelsen 10–21, 15–21. ^{[13] [14]} He subsequently withdrew from the Swiss Open, as he was tired after playing 2 back-to-back BWF tournaments finals. ^[15] 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. ^[16] 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. ^[17]

2023

In February, Lakshya Sen was a member of the Indian team which 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. ^[18] Lakshya Sen was part of the Indian team which won historic silver medal in the men's team event at 2022 Asian games. ^[19]

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

Commonwealth Games

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England	Ng Tze Yong	19–21, 21–9, 21–16	Gold

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 (4 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, ^[20] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (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. ^[21]

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
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

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	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

  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	Chirag Sen	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

Performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

G

S

B

NH

N/A

DNQ

(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

National team

• Junior level

Team events	2016	2017	2018
Asian Junior Championships	QF	2R	QF
World Junior Championships	QF	QF	QF

• Senior level

Team events	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
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

Individual competitions

• Junior level

Events	2016	2017	2018
Asian Junior Championships	B	4R	G
World Junior Championships	4R	QF	B
Youth Olympic Games	NH		S

• Senior level

Events	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
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

Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	Best
										Result	Year
World Championships	DNQ			NH	B	3R	3R	NH	0/3	B	'21
Asian Championships	DNQ			NH		1R	1R		0/2	1R	'22, '23
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		0/3	2R	'23
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
Singapore Open	A			NH		A	1R		0/1	1R	'23
Japan Open	A			NH		1R	SF		0/2	SF	'23
Denmark Open	A			2R	2R	QF	1R		0/4	QF	'22
French Open	A			NH	QF	1R	1R	SF	0/4	SF	'24
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
Malaysia Masters	A			Q1	NH	A	2R		0/2	2R	'23
Thailand Open	A				NH	A	SF		0/1	SF	'23
Canada Open	A		2R	NH		A	W		1/2	W	'23
Korea Open	A			NH		2R	A		0/1	2R	'22
Australia Open	A	1R	Q2	NH		w/d	1R		0/3	1R	'18, '23
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
Swiss Open	A			NH	1R	w/d	1R		0/2	1R	'21, '23
Spain Masters	NA	A	Q1	A		NH	A		0/1	Q1	'19
Orléans Masters	NA	A	1R	NH	A				0/1	1R	'19
Taipei Open	A			NH		A			0/0	A
U.S. Open	A		2R	NH			SF		0/2	SF	'23
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
Macau Open	A			NH			NA		0/0	A
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 selected opponents

Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 19 September 2023.

Player Matches Win Lost Diff. Lin Dan 2 0 2 –2 Zhao Junpeng 1 1 0 +1 Chou Tien-chen 2 1 2 –1 Viktor Axelsen 7 1 6 –5 Anders Antonsen 5 2 3 –1 Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 4 2 2 0 Kevin Cordón 1 1 0 +1 Srikanth Kidambi 3 0 3 –3 Parupalli Kashyap 1 1 0 +1

Player Matches Win Lost Diff. Prannoy H. S. 7 4 3 +1 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 3 3 0 +3 Kento Momota 3 1 2 –1 Kodai Naraoka 5 2 3 –1 Loh Kean Yew 9 6 3 +2 Heo Kwang-hee 2 0 2 –2 Son Wan-ho 1 0 1 –1 Kunlavut Vitidsarn 10 4 6 –2 Kantaphon Wangcharoen 5 4 1 +3

Awards and recognition

National

• Arjuna Award: 2022 ^{[22] [23]}

See also

• Badminton in India
• India national badminton team

References

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External links

• Lakshya Sen at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
• Lakshya Sen at BWFbadminton.com
• Lakshya Sen at Olympedia