Lakshya Sen started the match brightly, winning the first three points and, at 9-3, opened up a six-point gap
Lakshya Sen storms into final, beats Indonesia’s Alvi Farhan: India’s Badminton star Lakshya Sen has made it to the finals of the Japan Masters 2026. Lakshya defeated Indonesia’s Alvi Farhan 21-12, 15-21, 21-11 in the semi-finals played at the Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium on Saturday.
Sen started the match brightly, winning the first three points and, at 9-3, opened up a six-point gap. Farhan managed to cut the deficit to three points when he trailed 10-7, but the Indian once again asserted control after the mid-game interval. From 11-7, Sen won 10 of the next 15 points to secure the opening game. In the decider, the in-form Sen took an early 5-2 lead and never relinquished it. At 8-6, the Indian won five points on the trot to open up a comfortable seven-point gap, setting him on the course to win the game 21-11 and reach the final of a BWF tour event for the third time this year.
Lakshya took one hour and nine minutes to win the three-game match. He is now one win away from the title. He will face either Koki Watanabe or former world No. 1 Kunlavut Vitidsarn in the final. He becomes first Indian to reach Japan Masters Final.
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