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By India Today Sports Desk: World No. 20 Lakshya Sen on Wednesday, June 14 stormed into the second round of men's singles at the Indonesia Open Super 1000 tournament after decimating former Asian champion Lee Zii Jia in straight games. Lakshya needed just 33 minutes to beat the 8th-seeded Malaysian 21-17, 21-13 in Jakarta. Lakshya Sen, who had been struggling for form at the start of the 2023 season, has sparked hopes of a resurgent run. The former All England finalist looked sharp and got his speed up to the mark as he did not give an inch to Lee during the one-sided first-round match. Meanwhile, qualifier Priyanshu Rajawat also made it to the second round after his opponent Kunlavut Vitdisarn handed a walkover due to injury. Piryanshu will face 2nd seed Anthony Ginting of Indonesia in the next round. It will be a big test for Priyanshu who won the Orleans Masters Super 300 tournament earlier in the year to make a mark on the tour. However, there was disappointment in women's singles as Akarshi Kashyap lost in straight games (10-21, 4-21) to in-form An Se Young of South Korea. It's been a good start for Indian shuttlers in Indonesia Open as PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy and the doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty moved into the second round while Gayatri Gopichand and Jolly Treesa lost in the first round of women's doubles.

Lakshya Sen: Indian badminton’s torchbearer hoping to shine at the Paris Olympics Currently, India has three players in the world’s top­ 25 bracket: H. S. Prannoy (9th), Kidambi Srikanth (22nd), and Lakshya Sen (23rd). Among them, Lakshya, at 21, promises to be the face of the sport in the next decade. Published : May 21, 2023 16:09 IST - 6 MINS READ These days, Lakshya is eyeing a place in the 2024 Paris Olympics. The reigning Commonwealth Games champion is focussed on raising his ranking. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL These days, Lakshya is eyeing a place in the 2024 Paris Olympics. The reigning Commonwealth Games champion is focussed on raising his ranking. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL Lakshya Sen has just played the most delicate of net shots, dribbling the shuttle over the white cord at an angle that is far too acute for Anthony Ginting to return. Lakshya collapses on the green court at Bangkok’s Impact Arena, having propelled India to a 1­0 lead, an advantage that would go on to catalyse the country’s historic win over 14­time winner Indonesia in the Thomas Cup final. Indian badminton player Lakshya Sen, with his parents, during the launch of the redesigned newlook SPORTSTAR magazine, in Bengaluru. It has been almost a year since India’s maiden Thomas Cup win, and Lakshya has established himself as the torchbearer of Indian badminton. He is a confident young man, who shuttles between dizzying success and a normal life with effortless ease. His Instagram feed is dotted...

Commonwealth Games champion Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen stormed into the second round of the men’s singles at the Indonesia Open World Tour Super 1000 event with a straight game win over Zii Jia Lee of Malaysia here on Wednesday. Lakshya, a world championship bronze medallist and ranked 20th in the world, took just 32 minutes to quell the challenge of world no.11 Lee 21-17 21-13. Thailand Open: Lakshya Sen fights hard but loses in three games against Kunlavut Vitidsarn Indonesia Open: Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy advance to quarters; PV Sindhu bows out after losing to Tai Tzu Ying Lakshya will next face the winner of the match between Lu Guang Zu of China and compatriot Kidambi Srikanth. Another Indian Priyanshu Rajawat got a walkover from Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand to seal his place in the next round. Rajawat, however, has a tough second round tie as he set to face the winner of the match between Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittnghus of Denmark and second seed local shuttler Anthony Sinisuka Ginting. The other Indian in men’s singles fray is HS Prannoy who will take on Hong Kong’s Angus Ng Ka Long in the second round. However, it was curtains for young Indian female shuttler Aakarshi Kashyap as she crashed out in the opening round of women’s singles. Kashyap was no match for second seed An Se young of Korea, losing 10-21 4-21. Read all the Updated Date: June 14, 2023 13:02:00 IST Thailand Open: Lakshya Sen fights hard but loses in three games against Kunlavut Vitidsarn The ...

Lakshya Sen’s rapid rise in the world of badminton has been nothing short of meteoric. From being a kid who was competing at the junior level not too long ago, Lakshya Sen has now beaten the legends of the sport and won medals at the highest level, emerging as the poster boy of Indian badminton. The young shuttler’s stock rose exponentially in 2021 as Lakshya Sen started surprising higher-ranked opponents regularly and reached the podium consistently. Only 20, Lakshya Sen has been impressive from the early stages of his career. He first tasted glory in 2014 when he won the Swiss Junior International. From that tournament in Basel to this day, the young shuttler has won a plethora of trophies and medals. Here’s a look back at Lakshya Sen’s achievements. Gold medal at Asian Junior Championships 2018 Lakshya Sen had been grabbing headlines in the junior circuit for quite some time and had become the junior world No. 1 in February 2017. After faltering in the semi-finals of the 2016 Asian Junior Championships, Lakshya Sen went into the 2018 event in Jakarta, Indonesia as the sixth seed. The Indian dominated at the event before meeting junior world champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn from Thailand in a fiercely contested final. Lakshya Sen managed to prevail 21-19, 21-18 to win the Asian Junior Championship for the first time. It made him the first Indian to win the junior continental title in 53 years. Gautam Thakkar had achieved the feat back in 1965. Silver medal at Youth Olympics 2...