Badminton: Lakshya Sen downs Alwi Farhan to storm into Kumamoto Masters final

Kumamoto (Japan), Nov 14 (UNI) Lakshya Sen booked a place in the final of the Kumamoto Masters Japan 2026 badminton tournament after beating Indonesia's Alwi Farhan 21-12, 15-21, 21-11 in the men's singles semi-finals on Saturday. The Indian badminton player will face Japan's Koki Watanabe, who stunned Paris 2024 Olympics silver medallist Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand in the other semi-final, in Sunday's title decider, according to olympics.com. It will be Lakshya's second straight final appearance on the BWF Tour after winning the Hylo Open Super 500 in Saarbrucken, Germany, earlier this month. Lakshya had also finished runner-up at the All…