Star India’s badminton participant Lakshya Sen has received his maiden title of 2025. Lakshya utterly dominated Japan’s Yushi Tanaka, successful the title in straight video games.

New Delhi:  Star India’s badminton participant Lakshya Sen has received his maiden title of 2025. Within the closing of the BWF Tremendous 500 Australian Open, held on the State Sports activities Centre in Sydney, Lakshya utterly dominated Japan’s Yushi Tanaka, successful the title in straight video games.

Within the closing conflict, Lakshya Sen showcased rock-solid protection and lighting-fast, exact assaults, leaving Japan’s Yushi Tanaka struggling. He took the primary set 21-15, and the second set was utterly one-sided, with Lakshya sealing the match 21-11 to finish his title drought.

Tanaka made a collection of errors

Lakshya began off briliantly, constructing a 6-3 lead as Tanaka made a collection of errors. A 35-shot rally ended with the Japanese shuttler hitting the online, and a lucky internet twine lastly ended Lakshya’s streak of factors.

Tanaka tried to remain aggressive, however two lengthy pictures handed Lakshya 5 recreation factors, which he rapidly transformed when Tanaka once more despatched a shuttle into the online. The second recreation grew to become utterly one-sided, with Lakshya sustaining excessive depth and delivering quick, flat returns all through.

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Sen took solely 80 minutes to win his semifinal, however the closing lasted simply 38 minutes. Within the semi-final match, he defeated world no. 6 Chou Tien Chen of Chinese language Taipei, staging a powerful comebcak after dropping the primary recreation.

Lakshya Sen grew to become solely the second Indian male to win the Australian Open title

After the victory, Lakshya spoke about his laborious work that lastly paid off regardless of dealing with a number of ups and downs all through the season. “I’ve seen quite a lot of ups and downs this season, with just a few accidents firstly of the season. However I stored my laborious work going all through the season and I’m very completely satisfied to finish the season on a great be aware,” mentioned Lakshya.

“I’m very excited, trying ahead to the subsequent season now and I’m actually pleased with the best way I performed at present and this week,” added the Indian shuttler, who mentioned the main focus was on successful every level, fairly than getting carried away.

“Within the second set I used to be fairly far off within the lead, however I didn’t need to get too inside my head so I wouldn’t calm down an excessive amount of. Behind my thoughts it was there however I used to be simply making an attempt to concentrate on taking part in one level at a time,” he mentioned.

Lakshya Sen earned massive prize cash

Lakshya Sen grew to become solely the second Indian male, after Kidambi Srikanth in 2017, to win the Australian Open title. This historic triumph earned him Rs 31944000 crore in prize cash. It additionally marked his third Tremendous 500 title, following victories on the Indian Open in 2022 and the Canadian Open in 2023.