Badminton Asia Junior Championships: Lakshya Sen enters final, to face Kunlavut Vitidsaran for gold medal

India's top junior badminton players Lakshaya Sen will take on Indonesian Kunlavut Vitidsaran in the final of the ongoing Badminton Asia Junior championship here on Sunday.

The 26-year-old had thrashed fourth-seeded Indonesian Ikhsan Leonardo Imanuel Rumbay 21-7, 21-14 in the semifinal of the individual event.

Earlier, he had stunned second-seeded Li Shifeng in the quarter-final clash.

Sen, who has lost just one match in a run-up to the finals, will be facing the top-seed Vitidsaran for the first time. Moreover, the Indonesian shuttler has not lost a single match in the tournament so far.

The rising Indian shuttler, who had won a bronze medal in the 2016 Asian Junior Championship, will look to acquire the top spot on the podium, this time.

The Indian shuttlers who have won a medal at the Championship include Gautam Thakkar (Gold) in 1965, Pranav Chopra/Prajkta Sawant (Bronze) in 2009, Sameer Verma (Silver) and P.V. Sindhu (Bronze) in 2011, P.V. Sindhu (Gold) and Sameer Verma (Bronze) in 2012.