20-year-old Lakshya Sen wins the world champion
He takes his time and makes fewer errors to defeat World Champion Loh in a title match on home soil.
Lakshya Sen won the India Open Super 500 at IG Stadium, beating Singaporean Loh Kean Yew and the tempting instinct to match the world champion’s showboating.
The desire to compete in a ‘who’s faster. Who’s hitting harder’ contest could have dragged the Almora man into danger at critical junctures for a pair of men in their early 20s, both equipped with an exuberant attack. On the other hand, Sen displayed maturity and control. Putting the world champion, who was only crowned last month, in the shade.
Sen, a bronze medalist in the international championships, became the first opponent on the circuit to defeat Kean Yew, defeating him 24-22, 21-17 on his debut at the Delhi event.
Sen admitted after the victory that he was nervous.
“It’s nice to win. But, in the end, I was a little nervous about winning. “But I’m glad I got the win,” he said.
Sen was exhausted at the end of both the semi-finals and finals. Sen is the most anticipated main act of 2022 in Indian badminton due to his confidence and momentum in pressure situations. The victory, which came on the same day that the Indian men’s doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, 22. And Chirag Shetty, 25, defeated Indonesia’s thrice World Champions Hendra Setiawan and Mohamad Ahsan. Proved that the age of the well-honed Indian men’s badminton player, who is not a one-off like Prakash Padukone and P Gopichand, was here.
Sen’s regular one-on-one conversations with Padukone have led him to the most purple patch on the international circuit.
Sen’s story is an intriguing one in Indian sports. Sen, a product of Padukone’s early scouting. Was handpicked at the age of eight and grew in the sport in the most ideal circumstances.
