New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Two-time Olympic medallist shuttler PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen’s “phenomenal run” in the All England Open 2026 after he went down 21-15, 22-20 to Lin Chun-Yi of Chinese Taipei in the men’s singles final, settling for a silver medal. Despite the loss, Sindhu highlighted the qualities Sen displayed on the court.“Never easy to come back and play a final less than 24 hours after a brutal semifinal. Those matches really stay in the legs. I remember the 2021 All England…
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Birmingham, March 8 (IANS) Playing with blisters on the toes of his right leg, India star Lakshya Sen finished runner-up after going down to Lin Chun-Yi of Chinese Taipei in the men’s singles final of the All England Open Badminton Championships 2026 at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham on Sunday.Sen lost 15-21, 20-22 in a closely fought contest that lasted 57 minutes. This is the second time the Indian star from Uttarakhand has finished the event with a silver medal after losing in the 2022 fin…
Birmingham, March 7 (IANS) Lakshya Sen became only the second Indian player to reach the men’s singles final of the All-England Open badminton championship twice when he overcame Canada’s Victor Lai in a gruelling semifinal in Birmingham on Saturday.The 24-year-old, who had also reached the summit clash in 2022, not only overcame a spirited Lai but also blisters in his right toe to win 21-16, 18-21, 21-15 in an hour and 37 minutes.Sen’s mentor, Prakash Padukone, had reached the All-England f…
Birmingham, March 7 (IANS) India’s top ranked men’s singles player Lakshya Sen continued his dream run at the All England Open 2026 as he packed off sixth seed and former champion Li Shi Feng in straights games to reach the semifinals here on Friday night. Sen, the 2022 All England finalist, defeated Li 21-13, 21-16 in exactly an hour to set up a last four clash against Canada’s Victor Lai, who got the better of Japan’s Koki Watanabe 18-21, 21-17, 21-15 in the other quarterfinals.The 24-…
Birmingham, March 5 (IANS) India’s Lakshya Sen overcame the disappointment of missing out on four match points in the second game to dominate the decider against Hong Kong’s NG Ka Long Angus to reach the quarterfinals of the All England Open here on Thursday. The 24-year-old Indian, who has upset top seed and defending champion Shi Yu Qi in the opening round, prevailed over NG 21-19, 21-23, 21-10 in an hour and 21 minutes. This was also Sen’s first win over NG in their four meetings, thoug…
Birmingham, March 3 (IANS) India’s former World Championship bronze medallist, Lakshya Sen, caused the biggest upset of the opening day of the All England Open 2026 badminton championship when he packed off top seed and defending champion Shi Yuqi of China in the men’s singles opening round in Birmingham on Tuesday.Sen, the 2022 finalist in one of the most prestigious badminton tournaments, overcame the reigning world champion 23-21, 19-21, 21-17 in an hour and 18 minutes.Also advancing to t…
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Defending champion India will take on China in the women’s quarterfinals, while the men will face South Korea in the last eight stage of the Badminton Asia Team Championships (BATC) 2026 in Qingdao, China on Thursday.Having qualified for the quarterfinal with a match to spare in the group stage, the Indian men rested Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth against Japan but still put up a strong performance before going down 2-3 to finish second in Group C.The women’s team also …
Jakarta, Jan 22 (IANS) Two-time Olympic medallist P.V. Sindhu progressed to the quarterfinals of the Indonesia Masters 2026, where she will face top seed Chen Yu Fei inJakarta on Friday, as men’s singles star Lakshya Sen and women’s singles player Anmol Kharb also advanced to the next stage.Former World Championship silver medallist Kidambi Srikanth, and men’s doubles pair Hariharan Amsakarunan/M.R Arjun, too exited the BWF World Tour event.With Chen leading their head-to-head 7–6, the quarter…
Jakarta, Jan 22 (IANS) Former world champion PV Sindhu and Paris Olympic semi-finalist Lakshya Sen reached the quarter-finals of the Indonesia Masters after securing easy wins in their respective second-round matches here on Thursday.While Sindhu clinched a 21-19, 21-18 win over Line Kjaerfeldt of Denmark in her pre-quarterfinal in 43 minutes, Lakshya secured a 21-10, 21-11 win over Hong Kong’s Jason Gunawan in a match that lasted over half an hour.This was Sindhu’s sixth win over Kjaerfeldt i…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) India’s campaign in the home BWF World Tour Super 750 tournament, India Open 2026, came to a premature end with the last home hope, Lakshya Sen, crashing out of the men’s singles quarterfinals, losing in three games at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi on Friday.Sen, who was India’s lone hope in the event after PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, and H.S Prannoy fell by the wayside in earlier rounds, went down to Chinese Taipei’s World No 12 Lin Chun-Yi. Sen, who is…