Desk. Indian star badminton player Lakshya Sen has managed to win two consecutive BWF World Tour titles in the year 2026, in which he has created history by defeating Koki Watanabe of Japan by a margin of 2-1 in a three-set match in the final match of Kumamoto Masters in Japan. Lakshya Sen has become the first Indian to win the Kumamoto Masters title. Lakshya Sen did not have a good start in this final match in which he had to face a one-sided defeat in the first set, but after this he made an excellent comeback and by winning the next two sets one-sidedly, he managed to win the title and created history.
In the final match of Kumamoto Masters, Lakshya Sen faced the host country's player Koki Watanabe, in which he had to face a one-sided defeat in the first set by a margin of 13-21. After this, Lakshya Sen made a comeback from the second set and made less mistakes, winning it by a margin of 21-18 and leveling the match at 1-1. Now all eyes were on the third and last set in which Lakshya Sen was completely dominant and he won it unilaterally by a margin of 21-14 and also won the title. Lakshya Sen took 64 minutes to win this final match. With this, this is the first time in Lakshya's career that he has won two World Tour titles in the same season.
Lakshya Sen expressed his happiness in the statement given after winning the Kumamoto Masters title in which he said that despite difficult matches, I maintained my confidence. I had a bad start in many matches and lost the first game, but the good thing was that I believed in myself, continued playing and kept fighting. It feels great to win the title here. Last year I had reached the semi-finals and I am happy that this time I could perform better than that. This is my second consecutive title and I would like to maintain this form in future also. This victory has further strengthened Lakshya's claim to qualify for the BWF World Tour Finals 2026 to be held in Hangzhou. This victory in Kumamoto has given him 9200 ranking points.