Sportstar Aces 2023, Popular Choice: Lakshya Sen nominated for ‘Sportstar of the Year (Male)’ award
World No. 7 Lakshya Sen started the year by winning his maiden BWF Super 500 title at India Open in January.
Published : Feb 24, 2023 08:03 IST
Lakshya Sen has been nominated for the ‘Popular Choice - Sportstar of the Year (Male)’ award for the upcoming Aces Awards 2023.
World No. 7 Lakshya started the year by winning his maiden BWF Super 500 title at India Open in January. He followed it with a runner-up finish at the All-England Open. It made him the first Indian male shuttler to play the Super Series Premier final since Pullela Gopichand won the title in 2001.
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In the Thomas Cup final, playing the opening bout, Lakshya prevailed over higher-ranked Anthony Ginting and gave India a 1-0 lead. The side rode on the momentum and won the prestigious team title 3-0.
Lakshya followed this with his maiden Commonwealth Games gold in Birmingham. He beat Malaysia’s Tze Young NG 19-21, 21-9, 21-16 on Monday to win the gold in badminton men’s singles. With the win, he joined an elite list of Indian male CWG gold medallists — a club that includes Prakash Padukone (1978), Syed Modi (1982) and Parupalli Kashyap (2014)