Indian badminton player Lakshya Sen has created history in Japan. He won the Kumamoto Masters Japan Super 500 tournament title. With this he has become the first Indian male badminton player to win this title. In the final, Lakshya defeated Koki Watanabe of Japan 13-21, 21-18, 21-14. This match lasted for 64 minutes.
World number 12 player Lakshya has won his second consecutive BWF Tour title. Earlier this month, he had won the HYLO Open Super 500 title in Saarbrucken, Germany. That means Lakshya continued his excellent form and registered another big win.
came back after losing the first game
Japan's Koki Watanabe made a fast start in the final. They took a 5-1 lead. At one time the score was 12-6. After this, Lakshya increased the difference to 12-11 by scoring 5 consecutive points. However, Watanabe bounced back and won the first game 21–13.
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Lakshya made a great start in the second game. They took a 5-0 lead. Later the score reached 19-10. However, during this time some of Lakshya's shots went out of the court. Taking advantage of this, Watanabe scored 7 consecutive points. But Lakshya maintained composure under pressure and leveled the match by winning the game 21-18.
one-sided victory in the decisive game
There was a tough competition between the two players at the beginning of the third game. The score was 4-4. After this Lakshya showed aggressive play and took a lead of 10-6. Then he scored 7 consecutive points and made the score 17-7. In the end, with a powerful smash, Lakshya won the game 21-14 and took the title.
Before the final, Lakshya had defeated Alvi Farhan of Indonesia 21-12, 15-21, 21-11 in the semi-finals. At the same time, Watanabe had made it to the finals by defeating 2023 World Championship gold medalist Kunlavut Vitidsarn.