'Recover, remain injury-free': Lakshya Sen's mantra for the road ahead
Lakshya Sen's next stop on his blossoming career's unprecedented run would have been the Swiss city of Basel. But instead, the team that takes care of Lakhshya advised him to book a flight back home to Bengaluru. The call was a unanimous one, and so were the reasons behind it -- "recover" from a gruelling run and "remain injury-free". After a refreshing break since returning as the 2022 All England silver medallist, Lakshya and his racquet were back smashing the shuttle over the net at the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy.
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From the reigning world champion to the reigning Olympic champion, Lakshya tasted success at the expense of world badminton's cream and made international podiums his home over the last three months. Beginning with his India Open triumph mid-January to the back-to-back German Open and All England Championships on the European circuit, Lakshya gave his all and probably spent his energy reserves to produce the best badminton of his career so far. The Swiss Open was scheduled on the heels of the All England championship, so Lakshya's think-tank stepped in.
(TOI Photo)"Everyone around me, whoever is in the team, especially the physios and trainers and the coaches as well, everybody wants that I should remain injury-free," said Lakshya talking to TimesofIndia.com while he rested at home. "Also, the training (ahead), which
