New Delhi, Nov. 15 -- Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen's coach Vimal Kumar hailed his pupil on securing back-to-back BWF World Tour titles with the Japan Masters triumph, saying that the win makes him a serious contender for the upcoming BWF World Tour Finals and hailed the coaching team for their "hard work, strategic planning and ability to bring out the best" in the shuttler.

Lakshya continued his fine run at the BWF World Tour circuit this year, securing the Japan Masters title on Sunday. He beat Japan's Koki Watanabe 13-21, 21-18, 21-14 in 64 minutes in the final on Sunday, as per ESPN, fighting back from being one game down.

Posting on X, his coach Vimal wrote, "Another outstanding performance from Lakshya! He completely outmanoeuvred ...