New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): India’s Commonwealth Games champion and Paris Olympics semifinalist, Lakshya Sen, has made it again to the highest 10 within the Badminton World Federation (BWF) males’s singles rankings for the primary time since March final yr.
A publish on X by BAI lauded Lakshya, who featured in India’s bronze medal-winning crew on the Thomas Cup just lately, for his return to the highest 10 after 440 days. The publish mentioned, ‘For over 440 days, Lakshya Sen has battled relentless accidents, grueling recovering, and devastating setbacks that will have damaged most. Today, he is again the place he belongs.’
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Recently, on the Malaysia Masters this month, Lakshya crashed out within the first spherical, dropping to Zaki Ubaidillah of Indonesia within the opening rounds by 21-17, 21-11 in straight video games, as per Olympics.com.
He has displayed a stable run of kind this yr. While he has confronted spherical of 32 exits in his previous BWF World Tour tournaments, a runner-up spot within the prestigious All England Open in March, and quarterfinal finishes in India Open, Indonesia Masters and Thailand Open have been exhibits of brilliance.
He had concluded the final yr with a Australia Open title win in November and a third-place end within the Japan Masters in the identical month. He additionally had a runner-up end within the Hong Kong Open (September final yr), a third-place end within the Macau Open (August final yr), regardless of a dip in kind final yr. His greatest set-back was a surprising first-round exit within the BWF World Championships, dropping to Shi Yu Qi of China.
Next, Lakshya will probably be in motion within the Singapore Open from May 26-31. (ANI)