India's young badminton prodigy Lakshya Sen continues to grow in stature as he romps to Scottish Open title win.?
Lakshya claimed his fourth title in three months, bagging the Scottish Open title with a thrilling win over Brazil's Ygor Coelho in the men's singles summit clash. The top-seeded Indian won a thriller of a match that went right down to the wire.
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It was a three set classic and it was Lakshya Sen who prevailed?18-21, 21-18, 21-19 in a 56-minute final on Sunday night. Having dropped the first set, the Indian showed tremendous character to overhaul the deficit and later win the remaining two sets to claim the title.?
The 18-year-old from Uttarakhand has now clinched three titles out of the four tournaments that he has played since September -- SaarLorLux Open, Dutch Open, and Belgian International.
After losing in the second round of Irish Open, Lakshya made amends this week and dished out some superb performances right from the start.
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The Indian began his campaign with a straight-game win over Austria's Luka Wraber, before defeating compatriot Kiran George to reach the quarterfinals.
After this win, Lakshya will break into the top-40 in the BWF rankings and inch closer to a direct qualification in the top grade 2 events.
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After going down in the first set,?Lakshya came out firing in the second round and jumped to a 7-0 lead in the second game. The Brazilian slowly clawed back at 17-17 but Lakshya managed to bounce back into the contest.
The decider turned out to be an evenly-fought contest and both the shuttlers battled hard to gain the lead. Coelho enjoyed an 11-8 advantage at the break but a gritty Lakshya kept drawing parity and eventually had the last laugh.