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Sen clinches Bulgaria Open
Published : Aug 18, 2017, 11:11 am IST
Updated : Aug 18, 2017, 11:11 am IST
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New Delhi:  Young Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen clinched the Bulgaria Open International Series title after notching up a hard-fought win over Croatia’s Zvonimir Durkinjak in the men’s singles final in Sofia.

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The Uttarakhand shuttler, who celebrated his 16th birthday yesterday, defeated second seed Zvonimir 18-21 21-12 21-17 in a 57-minute match. He had beaten Sri Lanka’s Dinuka Karunaratna 21-19 21-14 in the semifinals yesterday. Junior world No. 1 was recently sent to train under former All England champion Peter Gade, who is currently the head coach of French national team.

Lakshya had reached the finals of Senior National championship in February. “It is a creditable achievement for Lakshya. He is still a junior but he has been able to win tournaments and that is a good sign. We had sent five players on a 10-day training trip with the French national team. He trained under the great Peter Gade and it has benefitted him,” coach Vimal Kumar said. “He had a good tournament. He beat the top seed Sam Parsons in the first round. He won the junior Nationals and was also the finalist at the senior Nationals this year and it gave him a lot of confidence to beat top players like HS Prannoy. So I feel if groomed properly, he does have a great future,” Kumar said.


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