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Lakshya Sen’s All England title miss has a silver lining – it keeps him driven for those elusive titles in the future | Badminton News

Lakshya Sen’s All England title miss has a silver lining – it keeps him driven for those elusive titles in the future | Badminton News

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4 min readMar 15, 2026 08:30 AM IST It’s not a mere faint silver lining to a cloud. This is a complete dazzling rettai pettu Kanjeevaram double border golden lining to that dark, dimming cloud of losses in sport. Lakshya Sen losing his second All England final can get dissected in many ways. But the best way to look at it would be that Sen will remain hungry to prove himself, driven to make more finals and cross the threshold, keep working on his game and not for a moment think he has arrived. Because Indian badminton needs its top names to get hardy and high viz at big events, and not rest on whatever laurels they’ve accumulated. Perhaps the most heartbreaking of medal losses at Paris Olympics was that of Vinesh Phogat’s. But what also cut deep, a close second, was Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty’s. India returned without a badminton medal from Paris, but every loss, by denying them what they thought was due to them, has prolonged the motivation to dust up …

Lakshya Sen after All England Open runner-up finish

Lakshya Sen after All England Open runner-up finish

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The wait for another men’s singles champion at the All England continues but after what Lakshya Sen produced in Birmingham last week, the wait feels shorter than ever. Sen walked away with a runner-up finish, going down 21-15, 22-20 to Lin Chun Yi of Chinese Taipei in Sunday’s final. But the scoreline only tells half the story. The Indian shuttler had spent the better part of five gruelling days on court, grinding through long three-set battles, fighting off cramps and blisters in the semifinals, and still walking out for the final with everything he had left. The week began with what Sen himself described as feeling like a final before the tournament had even truly started a first-round clash against world number one Shi Yuqi. He won. Then came Angus Ng Ka Long, Li Shi Feng, and Victor Lai, each match longer and more physical than the last. “Right from day one, there were long matches,” Sen said while addressing the media in a virtual press interaction facilitated by BAI, “and eventually the muscles got …

Lakshya Sen after All England Open runner-up finish

Lakshya Sen finishes runner-up at All England Open

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“I tried everything,” Lakshya Sen said after a draining week in Birmingham, his voice heavy with emotion after narrowly missing out on the All England Open 2026 title. The Indian shuttler finished runner-up after going down 21-15, 22-20 to Chinese Taipei’s Lin Chun-Yi in the men’s singles final on Sunday, bringing an end to a spirited run at one of badminton’s most prestigious tournaments. Sen had spent more than five hours on court during the week leading up to the final and was visibly battling fatigue by the time he stepped onto the court for the title clash. Lin capitalised on the slow start, attacking Sen’s lifts and punishing anything short to take the opening game 21-15. “I think it was a good match today. In the first set, he was the better player,” Sen admitted later. He was talking to BWF after the final. But the Indian found another gear in the second game. Raising the tempo of the rallies and forcing mistakes from Lin, Sen strung together six straight points from 3-4 to …

Who is Lin Chun-Yi, Lakshya Sen’s opponent in the All England final? | Badminton News

Who is Lin Chun-Yi, Lakshya Sen’s opponent in the All England final? | Badminton News

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First the fitness update: Lakshya Sen is in good spirits, and though the 97-minute semifinal was an absolute wringer where his feet cramped and hobbled, he has some of the best recovery-aiding personnel by his side, and should turn up ready to face Taiwanese Lin Chun-Yi. “He will deal with what bothered him yesterday, everythingwill be sorred out perfectly,” coach Vimal Kumar said cryptically. The Commonwealth Games final that Sen won in Birmingham, had his on-site and long term trainer Heath Matthews raving about his diligence in recovery, including the ice-baths. This time he had fever a fortnight ago, successfully overcame a glutes issue, and after 317 minutes on court through 4 matches, played through a toe blister. “We can’t complicate it too much, or be too concerned. Lakshya showed what his mind is made of,” Vimal would add. Sen overcame intense discomfort of cramps and knees put under immense shock-load when he needed to leap to smash against Victor Lai. But driven to nail that elusive title, his body will follow suit, the coach …

Kidambi Srikanth bows out in R16; ends India’s campaign

Kidambi Srikanth bows out in R16; ends India’s campaign

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Former World Medalist Kidambi Srikanth faced a pre-quarterfinal exit at the 2026 BWF German Open Super 300 tournament in Mülheim, Germany, on Thursday. The lone Indian in the second round of the tournament lost in straight games to much higher-ranked Lin Chun Yi of Chinese Taipei, 14-21, 9-21. This was the second meeting between the two players, where Kidambi has yet to find a win against his younger opponent and is now trailing 0-2 on the head-to-head record. The 33-year-old had a very good start to the match, gaining a good 4-point lead over Lin, but then momentum shifted and the youngster won 10 of the last 14 points in game1. Kidambi couldn’t recover from this and disappointingly conceded the second game without even crossing the double digit, bringing an end to India’s campaign in Germany. This was his third consecutive second-round exit on the world tour this year after the India Open and Indonesia Masters, and he will aim to find his rhythm back in the coming events. Disclaimer: We do not own any …

India Open 2026: Indian campaign ends as Lakshya Sen crashes out

India Open 2026: Indian campaign ends as Lakshya Sen crashes out

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Lakshya Sen kept pace with Lin Chun-Yi till the very end but fell short in the final exchanges as he went down in three games to end the host’s challenge at the 2026 India Open Super 750 at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium on Friday. Sen won the opening game against Lin but then struggled from the faster side of the court to go down 17-21, 21-13, 21-18 in the men’s singles quarterfinals. “It was a close match. The third set was more of a pressure game. He was playing well today as per the conditions. I was not prepared for the wind today. It was not that windy yesterday. He adapted to the conditions better,” said Lakshya after the match. “I was shaky at the net to lift the shuttle and multiple errors from the front,” he added. Going into the quarter-final, Sen trailed Lin 0-3 in the head-to-head and it was clear that the Indian needed to be at his best against the speedy left-hander. His game plan was to keep Lin near …

Who is Lakshya Sen’s next opponent – Yushi Tanaka? | Badminton News

Who is Lakshya Sen’s next opponent – Yushi Tanaka? | Badminton News

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Yushi Tanaka or Yuji, if you go by the Japanese phonetics, had once told Japanese media that he loves to talk, and once he starts talking, he can’t stop. Now that he’s started winning, the World No 27 will hope he doesn’t stop. At that point, while battling domestic competition and completing a college degree, also winning the inter collegiate, he was still finding his feet on the international circuit. On Saturday, he made the Australian Open Super 500 finals, beating Lin Chun-Yi 21-18, 21-15. Earlier at the Paris World Championships, the Japanese, a late bloomer at 25, had defeated Chinese World No 4 Li Shifeng, to create quite the stir on Day 1 of the Worlds. He is coached by the very popular former World champion Kento Momota, from whom he has learnt defensive rigour. Very unlike the Japanese conservative style in singles, Tanaka is quite an amalgamation of very many players. His original intent is fiercely attacking, with speed bursting abd bustling in him, which explains the presence of his other coach, the …

‘Still have lot of badminton left in me’: Viktor Axelsen says he will be out of action for a while due to surgery for back issues | Badminton News

‘Still have lot of badminton left in me’: Viktor Axelsen says he will be out of action for a while due to surgery for back issues | Badminton News

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Danish superstar shuttler Viktor Axelsen confirmed on Saturday that he is set for a spell on the sidelines from badminton action as he has decided to undergo surgery for his persistent back trouble. The two-time Olympic champion, however, confirmed that he still intended to make a comeback to action. “After consulting with my medical team, I have decided to undergo endoscopic treatment for my back issues next week,” Axelsen posted on social media. “While this means I will need some weeks for rehab post-surgery, I am confident that I will come back stronger. I still feel like I have a lot of badminton in me, and I’m fully committed to doing everything necessary to return to the court at my best.” After losing in the first round at the prestigious All England Open in Birmingham this month against Chinese Taipei’s Lin Chun Yi, Axelsen had said that he had been dealing with severe back/nerve pain for several months now, and that there were just too many days where my body doesn’t allow me to move …

All England Open: Shi Yu Qi’s charge to the final, the only predictable outcome in men’s singles draw | Badminton News

All England Open: Shi Yu Qi’s charge to the final, the only predictable outcome in men’s singles draw | Badminton News

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The World No 1 will compete in the men’s singles final of the All England Open in 2025. That, perhaps, has been the only predictable outcome in a wild week of badminton at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham. By the last eight stages, in fact, Shi Yu Qi and Li Shi Feng were the only seeded players left in the men’s singles draw. The top seed made it to the title clash, but was pushed all the way by his compatriot Li in the semifinal on Saturday. After having won the first game comfortably, it seemed Shi would cruise through but what followed in Games 2 and 3 was a high-quality match between two men who know each other all too well. In the end, Shi prevailed 21-9, 20-22, 21-19 in a 76-minute marathon. The other half of the draw was already full of surprises, with France’s rising 20-year-old beast Alex Lanier going up against world No 22 Lee Chia Hao in a clash of unseeded players. And it was the Chinese Taipei right-hander who …