Winning CWG Gold Was One of My Childhood Dreams: Lakshya Sen To NDTV on Badminton Triumph

08.08.2022 - 17:51 sports.ndtv.com

Lakshya Sen has been going from strength to strength in recent times. The 20-year-old shuttler had earlier finished runners-up in the prestigious All England Championships in March, before helping India win the Tomas Cup in May.

Now, he has won the men's singles gold medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022 with a tough win against Malaysia's NG Tze Yong on Monday.

Sen fought with a lot of heart after losing the first game in the final to ultimately clinch the match 19-21, 21-19 and 21-16.

With Sen's gold medal win, India had two podium finishers in men's singles with the veteran Kidambi Srikanth winning the bronze medal. "It's a great feeling to share the podium with Srikanth bhaiya.

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Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen continued his impressive run, trouncing Danish Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus in straight games to progress to the men's singles second round at BWF World Championships here on Monday. Sen's senior team-mates Kidambi Srikanth and H S Prannoy also won their respective first round matches. India also registered twin wins in women's and mixed doubles competition on the opening day which saw B Sai Praneeth bow out after losing in three games to world number 4 Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei.

BWF Worlds: Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy win, Praneeth loses

Sen's senior team-mates Kidambi Srikanth and H S Prannoy also won their respective first round matches. India also registered twin wins in women's and mixed doubles competition on the opening day which saw B Sai Praneeth bow out after losing in three games to world number 4 Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei. The 20-year-old Sen, who had returned with a bronze on his debut in Spain last year, prevailed 21-12 21-11 over an erratic Vittinghus in his opening match.

BWF World Championships: Onus on Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy in PV Sindhu's absence

With five medals, including the gold in 2019, Sindhu is a colossal figure in the BWF's most prestigious and competitive tournament, but an ankle injury en route to a maiden Commonwealth Games title triumph dashed her hopes of travelling to the Japanese capital. This left the task of continuing India's impressive run in the tournament on the young shoulders of Lakshya, and the experienced duo of Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth. The country has not returned empty-handed from the Worlds since the 2011 edition.

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