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Top Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen on Monday said he is "living a dream" by bringing laurels for the country at the world stage and he "gave it all" during his maiden final against Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen at the All England Championship. The 20-year-old from Uttarakhand has been simply sensational en route to his final appearance at Birmingham but he couldn't go the distance, going down in straight games to world no 1 Axelsen.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed shuttler Lakshya Sen for putting up a spirited fight after he lost the final of the All England Championships, and expressed confidence that he would keep scaling new heights of success. Sen's dream run at the All England Championships ended with a heartbreaking straight-game loss against world number one and Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen in the men's singles final on Sunday, continuing India's 21-year-long agonising wait for the coveted trophy.
The world number one Viktor Axelsen on Sunday defeated India's Lakshya Sen to win the prestigious All England Open Badminton Championships. It took the reigning Olympic champion just 53 minutes to defeat the unseeded Indian by 21-10, 21-15 here at Utilita Arena in Birmingham. The Dane shuttler has now increased his lead in the head-to-head against Sen by 5-1. The young Indian shutter was bidding to become only the third man after Prakash Padukone (1980) and Pullela Gopichand (2001) to win the All England Open Badminton Championships, or simply All England which is the world's oldest and most prestigious badminton tournament.
Lakshya Sen will be scrutinised and studied more after his sensational run at the All England Open Championship and the young shuttler would need variations in his game from the back of the court to stay ahead, reckons his mentor and former India coach Vimal Kumar. A product of the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy (PPBA) in Bengaluru, Sen has been in incredible form in the last six months. He claimed a maiden bronze at the World Championships, secured the India Open title in January before finishing second best at both the German Open and All England Open Championships.
Lakshya Sen & shifted him to the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy (PPBA) in Bangalore, Prakash sir told me that one day this boy will conquer the world. I laughed. But he obviously wasn’t joking." Sport can surprise you, to the extent that you may actually celebrate being proven wrong. In former India hockey captain and Olympic Gold Quest (OGQ) Director and CEO Viren Rasquinha's words above, there's a prism of similar emotion that reflects pride, joy and a sense of fulfillment. In the last six months, Lakshya continued to slay giants on the court and his great run saw him move into the final at All England Championships. He met Viktor Axelsen, the Dane legend he had upset only last week in Germany. But Axelsen's homework left nothing to chance. The result was a second All England title for him, in straight games -- 21-10, 21-15 -- on Sunday.
Ace Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen will take on Viktor Axelsen in the final of the All England Open Badminton Championships on Sunday. Sen defeated defending champion Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia 21-13, 12-21, 21-19 in 1 hour and 16 minutes to book a place in the final. In terms of head to head, Sen and Axelsen have faced each other five times, with the Dane coming out on top in four occasions, leaving the Indian with a solitary win.
Lakshya Sen is on the cusp of becoming only the third Indian to win a title at the prestigious All England Open Badminton Championships. The 20-year-old Sen will take on World No.1 Viktor Axelsen in the men's singles final on Sunday. Prakash Padukone and Pullela Gopichand are the only Indians to have ever won the All England Badminton Championships. India's rising badminton star has been in top form in recent times. He secured his maiden world championships bronze in December, before winning his first Super 500 title at India Open in January and finishing runner-up at the German Open last week.
Indian badminton player Lakshya Sen will have his sight on history as he bids to become only the third men's singles Indian badminton player after Prakash Padukone (1980) and Pullela Gopichand (2001) to win the All England Open Badminton Championships. Sen had defeated defending champion Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia 21-13, 12-21, 21-19 in 1 hour and 16 minutes to book a place in the final.