BWF World Tour Finals: Lakshya Sen- Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen, 20, has become the youngest shuttler from the country to qualify for BWf World Tour Finals in Bali, Indonesia. He has been phenomenal in the last few tournaments making headlines with top performances. Now, he is finally reaping the rewards of his hard work. Follow BWF World Tour Finals LIVE on InsideSport
He reached the finals of the Dutch Open, semifinals of Denmark Open and German Open and made it to the quarterfinals of the French Open. Now, he is all set to make his mark in the upcoming edition of the BWF World Tour Finals which started in 2018.
Kidambi Srikanth, Sameer Verma, PV Sindhu and London bronze-medallist Saina Nehwal have competed in the year-ending tournament in the past.
BWF World Tour Finals: Lakshya Sen set to become youngest shuttler from India to qualify in year-ender tournament
- The prodigy from Almora has enjoyed an impressive run on the BWF world tour and is currently World No.5 in the World Tour rankings.
- He will join Srikanth (ranked 3rd) in the men’s singles competition, Two-time Olympic medallist Sindhu (4th) in women’s singles and women’s doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy (6th) at the event, which was shifted from Guangzhou to Bali amid pandemic.
- While Sindhu is the only Indian to win the BWF World Tour Finals in 2018, Saina had reached the summit clash of the BWF Superseries Finals in 2011.
- Srikanth and Sameer have reached the knockout stage but couldn’t enter the finals.
- Lakshya, who claimed five titles in 2019 before COVID-19 suspended the international circuit, has been on a roll with a final finish at Dubai Open and semifinal results at Denmark Masters and Hylo Open.
- In the Indonesia leg, Lakshya couldn’t progress deep in the draw after losing twice to the top-seed and two-time world champion Kento Momota of Japan.
- The official list of players qualifying for the World Tour Final will be announced after the conclusion of the ongoing Indonesia open Super 1000 event.
- The top eight players and pairs for each category in the Road to Bali Rankings will be invited to compete, where only a maximum of two players or pairs per Member Association are eligible to participate in the World Tour Finals.
BWF World Tour Finals: Lakshya Sen set to become youngest shuttler from India to qualify in year-ender tournament
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