Lakshya on a roll, grabs third title

Saarbrucken (Germany), Nov 3 

India's Lakshya Sen bagged his second successive BWF World Tour Super 100 title with a thrilling win over China's Weng Hong Yang in an exciting final at the SaarLorLux Open here today. 

Lakshya, seeded eighth, needed 59 minutes to overcome Weng 17-21 21-18 21-16 in the summit clash for his third successive singles title of the season.   He had clinched the Belgian International challenge and Dutch Open Super Tour 100 in his last two outings. He had also reached the Polish Open final this year. World No. 51 Sen, who has won the Asian Junior championships, a silver at the Youth Olympics and a bronze at the World Junior Championship last year, continues to impress on the senior circuit.

The 18-year-old from Uttarakhand had come into the final with a 1-2 head-to-head record against the Chinese but it didn't matter as he made brilliant amends after squandering the first game to complete a thrilling win here.

After this win, Lakshya is set to break into the top-50 when the BWF rankings are released on Tuesday. 

Lakshya had a good start as he was leading 14-11 but he couldn't sustain the pressure on his opponent who turned the tables to win the opening game. Stung by the reversal, Lakshya jumped to a 8-4 lead in the second game. The Indian quickly moved to 13-6. Weng reduced it to 10-14 but Lakshya managed to stay ahead of his rival and take the match into the decider. — PTI