Bali: Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen is likely to become the country’s youngest one to qualify for the season-ending BWF World Tour Finals, which begin on December 1 in Bali, Indonesia.
The 20-year-old from Almora has had a strong showing on the BWF world tour, will join Kidambi Srikanth (ranked 3rd) in the men’s singles competition, two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu (4th) in women’s singles and women’s doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy (6th) at the event, which was shifted from Guangzhou to Bali due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lakshya, who won five titles in 2019 before COVID-19 banned the international circuit, has been on a run, finishing in the final of the Dubai Open and reaching the semifinals of the Denmark Masters and the Hylo Open.
After falling twice against top seed and two-time world champion Kento Momota of Japan in the Indonesia leg, Lakshya was unable to go far in the draw.
Following the end of the ongoing Indonesia Open Super 1000 tournament, the official list of players qualifying for the World Tour Final will be released.
Only the top eight players and pairs from each category in the Road to Bali Rankings will be invited to compete, with each Member Association only allowing two players or pairs to compete in the World Tour Finals.
