Summary
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]
| Lakshya Sen | |
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 Lakshya at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
| Country | India |
| Born | 16 August 2001 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 | 236 wins, 102 losses |
| Highest ranking | 6 (8 November 2022) |
| Current ranking | 13 (23 April 2024) |
Medal record | |
| BWF profile | |
Personal life edit
Sen, was born in Almora in Uttarakhand. His father, D. K. Sen, is a coach in India.[3]
Career edit
2016 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
World Championships edit
Men's singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2021 | Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain |  Srikanth Kidambi
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21–17, 14–21, 17–21 |  Bronze
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Commonwealth Games edit
Men's singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2022 | National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England |  Ng Tze Yong
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19–21, 21–9, 21–16 |  Gold
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Youth Olympic Games edit
Boys' singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2018 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires, Argentina |  Li Shifeng
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15–21, 19–21 |  Silver
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World Junior Championships edit
Boys' singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2018 | Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada |  Kunlavut Vitidsarn
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22–20, 16–21, 13–21 | Bronze
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Asia Junior Championships edit
Boys' singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2016 | CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand | Sun Feixiang
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12–21, 16–21 | Bronze
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| 2018 | Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center, Jakarta, Indonesia | Kunlavut Vitidsarn
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21–19, 21–18 | Gold
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BWF World Tour (4 titles, 2 runners-up) edit
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 |
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| 2019 | Dutch Open | Super 100 |  Yusuke Onodera
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15–21, 21–14, 21–15 |  Winner
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| 2019 | SaarLorLux Open | Super 100 | Weng Hongyang
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17–21, 21–18, 21–16 | Winner
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| 2022 | India Open | Super 500 |  Loh Kean Yew
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24–22, 21–17 | Winner
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| 2022 | German Open | Super 300 | Kunlavut Vitidsarn
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18–21, 15–21 |  Runner-up
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| 2022 | All England Open | Super 1000 |  Viktor Axelsen
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10–21, 15–21 | Runner-up
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| 2023 | Canada Open | Super 500 | Li Shifeng
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21–18, 22–20 | Winner
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BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 3 runners-up) edit
Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2016 | India International Series | Lee Zii Jia
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11–13, 11–3, 11–6 | Winner
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| 2017 | Bulgarian Open |  Zvonimir Đurkinjak
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18–21, 21–12, 21–17 | Winner
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| 2017 | India International Series | Chong Yee Han
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21–15, 17–21, 21–17 | Winner
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| 2017 | Tata Open India International | Sitthikom Thammasin
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21–15, 14–21, 19–21 | Runner-up
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| 2018 | Tata Open India International | Kunlavut Vitidsarn
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21–15, 21–10 | Winner
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| 2019 | Polish Open | Kunlavut Vitidsarn
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17–21, 14–21 | Runner-up
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| 2019 | Belgian International | Victor Svendsen
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21–14, 21–15 | Winner
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| 2019 | Scottish Open |  Ygor Coelho
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18–21, 21–18, 21–19 | Winner
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| 2019 | Bangladesh International | Leong Jun Hao
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22–20, 21–18 | Winner
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| 2021 | Dutch Open | Loh Kean Yew
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12–21, 16–21 | Runner-up
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- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
BWF Junior International (2 titles, 1 runner-up) edit
Boys' singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2014 | Swiss Junior International | B. M. Rahul Bharadwaj
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11–5, 11–6, 6–11, 11–6 | Winner
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| 2015 | India Junior International | Chirag Sen
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21–18, 21–15 | Winner
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| 2017 | German Junior International |  Lee Chia-hao
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21–19, 11–21, 18–21 | Runner-up
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- BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
- BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
- BWF Junior International Series tournament
- BWF Junior Future Series tournament
Performance timeline edit
- Key
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | G | S | B | NH | N/A | DNQ |
National team edit
- Junior level
| Team events | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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| Asian Junior Championships | QF | 2R | QF |
| World Junior Championships | QF | QF | QF |
- Senior level
| 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 |
Individual competitions edit
- Junior level
| 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 | |
- Senior level
| 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 | |||
| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | Best | |||||||
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| 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 edit
Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 23 April 2024.
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Awards and recognition edit
National edit
- Arjuna Award: 2022[22][23]
See also edit
References edit
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- ^ "Sensational Lakshya Sen claims SaarLorlux Open title". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "Lakshya Sen wins Scottish Open badminton title". The Hindu. PTI. 25 November 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 26 November 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
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- ^ "India Open: Lakshya Sen stuns world champion Loh Kean Yew to win maiden Super 500 title". The Times of India. 16 January 2022. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
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- ^ "Lakshya Sen's impressive run ends in agony at All England final | Badminton News – Times of India". The Times of India. PTI. 21 March 2022. Archived from the original on 21 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ "All England Championships: Lakshya Sen Loses to Viktor Axelsen in Final, Clinches Silver". News18. 20 March 2022. Archived from the original on 21 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
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- ^ Nalwala, Ali Asgar (10 July 2023). "Canada Open 2023 badminton: Lakshya Sen beats All England Open champ Li Shi Feng to win title". Olympics. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ D'Cunha, Zenia (1 October 2023). "Asian Games: China winners again as India's historic badminton silver a story of what ifs". ESPN. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ "Lakshya Sen Arjuna Award: लक्ष्य ने दादा को समर्पित किया अर्जुन अवार्ड, छोटी सी उम्र में थमा दिया था बैडमिंटन". Archived from the original on 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "Achanta Sharath Kamal to receive Khel Ratna, Lakshya Sen, Nikhat Zareen nominated for Arjuna Award; check complete list". Archived from the original on 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
External links edit
- Lakshya Sen at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
- Lakshya Sen at BWFbadminton.com
- Lakshya Sen at Olympedia
