Scottish Open: Lakshya Sen defeats Ygor Coelho to win 4th title of the season

Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen claimed his fourth title in three months as he defeated Brazil’s Ygor Coelho in the men’s singles summit clash in the Scottish Open.

The Indian overcame his Brazilian opponent 18-21, 21-18, 21-19 in a 56-minute final on Sunday night.

Lakshya joined fellow Indians Anand Pawar (2010 and 2012), Arvind Bhatt (2004) and Pullela Gopichand (1999) in winning the Scottish Open title.

The 18-year-old has now clinched three titles out of the four tournaments that he has played since September - SaarLorLux Open, Dutch Open, and Belgian International.

Lakshya's 4th Title Win in 3 months!

• Scottish Challenge
• Saarlorlux Open S100 
• Dutch Open S100 
• Belgian Challenge 

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The Uttarakhand lad began his campaign with a straight-game win over Austria’s Luka Wraber, before defeating Kiran George to reach the quarterfinals.

The world No. 41 then recorded another straight-game win over sixth-seed Brian Yang before seeing off France’s Christo Popov in the semifinals.

With this win, Lakshya will break into the top-40 in the BWF rankings and inch closer to a direct qualification in the top grade 2 events.

Lakshya will next play at the Syed Modi International Super 300 tournament at Lucknow starting Tuesday.