Lakshya Sen with Deepika Padukone © Twitter
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Lakshya Sen wasIndia’s best-performing tennis celebrity at the Paris Olympics 2024. He came to be the very first Indian male shuttler to get in the semi-final of anOlympics However, he missed out on the medal by a hair. He decreased to Viktor Axelsen in the semi-final and after that additionally shed the bronze medal suit toMalaysia’s Lee Zii Jia Those 2 outcomes damaged a billion hearts that were favoring the increasing celebrity. “After the match (semi-finals), I was devastated. It’s going to hurt for a while that I couldn’t give India the medal at this Olympics. I knew I was going to face Viktor Axelsen in the match and the way I had prepared, things were fine. Overall, I had the right tactics. I had the right approach. At the crucial stages I could have been a little more clinical. Now that I sit back and think, I know there are some things that I could have done better. Everything was fine, but towards the end, I wasn’t able to get there,” Lakshya claimed in a conversation with Humans of Bombay.
After his loss in the bronze medal suit, Prakash Padukone claimed that it was about time for Indian gamers to supply, particularly with the assistance that everyone obtained from all quarters.
“Everyone was disappointed, I know where he came from. I respect what he says. That has helped me a lot. Vimal sir and Prakash sir talked to me after the match. They told me there were a lot of things that I did right, but there were things which I could have done better,” he claimed.
Lakshya included that Deepika Padukone, child of Prakash Padukone, called him up after the loss.
“They have been really supportive. Even after the bronze medal match, she called me and said ‘It’s fine; don’t worry. You did good.’ Prakash sir has been like a mentor and father figure to me. It’s always nice to talk to them if I want any advice or want to talk to them freely,” he claimed.
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