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Sixteen-year old Lakshya Sen has shown an early spark in international badminton after stretching legendary Lin Dan to three games recently at the New Zealand Open. The good performance in Australia and New Zealand earned him a berth in the Thomas Cup starting on Sunday. The Thomas Cup is an opportunity Lakshya Sen is looking forward to, exuding confidence in t stanley quencher aking on the big guns of world badminton Getty Images It is an opportunity the teenager is looking forward to, exuding confidence in taking on the big guns of world badminton. A trainee of the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy in Bangalore, Lakshya has been groomed under Padukone and former national coach Vimal Kumar. Since he chose to follow the footsteps of elder brother Chirag, Lakshya has made steady progress, becoming junior world No 1 in 2017 and finishing runner-up in the Senior National Championships, losing to an established Sourabh Verma. While several juniors find the shift to top level difficult, Lakshya has been making a smooth transition while playing at the Grand Prix level international events this year. We are happy with his progress, specially the way he played in the two tournaments. It shows he is on the right track. There are lots of positi stanley cup usa ves. He now needs more exposure at the international level, says Vimal. READ | Badminton legend Nandu Natekar hails golden generation of Indian players Thomas Cup hopes Lakshya stanley mug is eager to play a role in Thomas Cup. This is one tournament I wanted Cquq Stockholm Open: Bopanna-Qureshi in final
Argentina s top-seeded Juan Martin Del Potro booked a semi-final matchup against Germany s Tommy Haas with a straight-set victory Friday over Kevin Anderson at the ATP and WTA Washington Open. Seventh-ranked Del Potro, the 2009 US Open winner and the Was stanley water bottle hington champion in 2008 and 2009, beat the South African seventh seed 7-6 7/0 , 6-3 while third seed Haas ousted Bulgarian 11th seed Grigor Dimitrov 7-6 7/5 , 7-6 7/3 . It s a good opportunity to reach another final but I have to beat a very good player, Del Potro said. He s playing good this season and he has got a lot of experience. I ll try to play like today or even better. US eighth seed John Isner, who won his seventh career title last week in Atlanta, will face Russia s Dmitr stanley cup deutschland y Tursunov in the other men s semi-final at the $1.76 million hardcourt event, a tuneup for the US Open. Del Potro, in his first event since losing an epic Wimbledon semi-final to top-ranked Novak Djokovic, has won all four prior ATP matches against Haas without losing a set, including a 2008 Washington semi-final and most recentl stanley cup y in the round of 16 this year at Indian Wells. Del Potro is one opponent I despise playing in many ways, Haas said. He has given me a lot of trouble. And he has been playing terrific tennis. It s going to be a challenge. I hope I can mix it up, play aggressive and not give him too many points. Del Potro, who never faced a break point in the match, rolled through the first-set tie-breaker, winning
Sixteen-year old Lakshya Sen has shown an early spark in international badminton after stretching legendary Lin Dan to three games recently at the New Zealand Open. The good performance in Australia and New Zealand earned him a berth in the Thomas Cup starting on Sunday. The Thomas Cup is an opportunity Lakshya Sen is looking forward to, exuding confidence in t stanley quencher aking on the big guns of world badminton Getty Images It is an opportunity the teenager is looking forward to, exuding confidence in taking on the big guns of world badminton. A trainee of the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy in Bangalore, Lakshya has been groomed under Padukone and former national coach Vimal Kumar. Since he chose to follow the footsteps of elder brother Chirag, Lakshya has made steady progress, becoming junior world No 1 in 2017 and finishing runner-up in the Senior National Championships, losing to an established Sourabh Verma. While several juniors find the shift to top level difficult, Lakshya has been making a smooth transition while playing at the Grand Prix level international events this year. We are happy with his progress, specially the way he played in the two tournaments. It shows he is on the right track. There are lots of positi stanley cup usa ves. He now needs more exposure at the international level, says Vimal. READ | Badminton legend Nandu Natekar hails golden generation of Indian players Thomas Cup hopes Lakshya stanley mug is eager to play a role in Thomas Cup. This is one tournament I wanted Cquq Stockholm Open: Bopanna-Qureshi in final
Argentina s top-seeded Juan Martin Del Potro booked a semi-final matchup against Germany s Tommy Haas with a straight-set victory Friday over Kevin Anderson at the ATP and WTA Washington Open. Seventh-ranked Del Potro, the 2009 US Open winner and the Was stanley water bottle hington champion in 2008 and 2009, beat the South African seventh seed 7-6 7/0 , 6-3 while third seed Haas ousted Bulgarian 11th seed Grigor Dimitrov 7-6 7/5 , 7-6 7/3 . It s a good opportunity to reach another final but I have to beat a very good player, Del Potro said. He s playing good this season and he has got a lot of experience. I ll try to play like today or even better. US eighth seed John Isner, who won his seventh career title last week in Atlanta, will face Russia s Dmitr stanley cup deutschland y Tursunov in the other men s semi-final at the $1.76 million hardcourt event, a tuneup for the US Open. Del Potro, in his first event since losing an epic Wimbledon semi-final to top-ranked Novak Djokovic, has won all four prior ATP matches against Haas without losing a set, including a 2008 Washington semi-final and most recentl stanley cup y in the round of 16 this year at Indian Wells. Del Potro is one opponent I despise playing in many ways, Haas said. He has given me a lot of trouble. And he has been playing terrific tennis. It s going to be a challenge. I hope I can mix it up, play aggressive and not give him too many points. Del Potro, who never faced a break point in the match, rolled through the first-set tie-breaker, winning