Lakshya Sen beats Koki Watanabe to clinch Kumamoto Masters crown, wins back-to-back BWF titles

Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen won his 2nd successive title with a hard-fought triumph over Japan’s Koki Watanabe in the males’s songs last of the Kumamoto Masters Japan on Sunday to contineu his outstanding operate on the BWF Tour. The 25-year-old beat the home preferred 13-21, 21-18, 21-14 in a contest lasting one hour and 4 minutes to declare the Super 500 crown in Kumamoto.

The world No. 13, who had actually won the Hylo Open title recently, revealed significant psychological strength after losing the opening video game before turning the match around. The triumph likewise reinforced his position in the race to receive the BWF World Tour Finals, set up to be kept in Hangzhou.”It feels very good to win a title here, and last year I played the semi-finals. I’m happy that I could better the results from last time and, yeah, it’s my second title back-to-back. I would love to continue this form ahead,” Sen stated after the last.”Just keeping my confidence up, even though it has been tough matches. I started with a game down in many matches, but yeah, it was really good of me that I still kept believing in myself and just kept on playing and fighting,” he included.Sen got in the competition eighth in the seeding and 12th in the BWF World Tour Finals race with 64,980 points. He required to burglarize the leading 8 to protect credentials for the season-ending competitors.The Kumamoto Masters title made him 9200 points, taking his predicted tally to 74,180 and 6th location in the standings, which are because of be upgraded on Tuesday. Certification stays unsure, with the Hong Kong Open, arranged from November 17 to 22, serving as the last certifying competition.”Definitely that is one thing which we will be fighting for and yes, this tournament will definitely help me get good points for that as well. Now I have one more tournament, the Hong Kong Open, so now I am focused on that,” Sen stated.The Indian gotten in Sunday’s last with a 3-2 benefit over Watanabe in their head-to-head record, although the Japanese shuttler had actually won their previous 2 encounters. Sen’s next significant task will be the Super 100 Kaohsiung Masters 2026.