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Lakshya Sen eyes India Open to secure his spot for Paris Olympics 2024
Lakshya Sen is aware that his Olympic qualification is still in choppy waters but said he has been working on his "variations" and "deceptions" during the off-season to regain his world's top-10 position and seal his Paris Games berth. The 22-year-old from Almora is currently ranked 17th in the Olympic Games qualification rankings and needs to stay inside the top 16 by April-end to make it to the Paris Games. "To secure the spot I still have to work a little more harder in terms of getting good results, and once that is done, the qualification won't be an issue," Sen told PTI during an interview ahead of his departure to Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. "For me, right now the main concern is to go deep into the tournament in the next few months until April and then ranking will follow. As of now, we are not in a comfortable stage in the qualification ranking. "I would like to improve my ranking and come in the top-10 by the end of qualification." Commonwealth Games champion Sen claimed the
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India Open Badminton: Home shuttlers face tricky draw in race to Paris 2024
Top Indian shuttlers, including HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen, have been handed tricky draws at next month's India Open Super 750 badminton tournament as they gear up to exploit the home advantage with Paris Olympics qualification at stake. With the race to Paris heading into its final stretch, Indian shuttlers will look to earn valuable points at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open to be held at the Indira Gandhi Stadium from January 16 to 21. While Asian Games gold medallists Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and bronze medallist Prannoy will aim to boost their position in the world ranking, the likes of Kidambi Srikanth, Sen and Priyanshu Rajawat will be gunning for the second Indian spot at the Games. According to the Olympics qualification rules, two Indian men's singles players can participate in the Games only if both of them are ranked among the Top-16 at the end of the qualification process on April 30. It will be an all Indian opening match between 2022 Commonwealth Games g
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Praneeth withdraws from India Open after testing positive for Covid-19
The player didn't have any symptoms and underwent RT-PCR tests before leaving for Delhi
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Saina Nehwal enters India Open semis
India's ace badminton player lost the 1st game 19-21 before making it 1-1 with spectacular & dominating shuttle play
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