Badminton News: Young India shuttler Lakshya Sen pulls out of two Thailand events amid back injury

Indian badminton contingent suffered a blow ahead of two consecutive tournaments set to take place in Thailand as young shuttler Lakshya Sen has pulled out of this month's consecutive tournaments in Thailand due to a back strain that he sustained during training. Lakshya had last participated in the Denmark Open in October before he was forced to withdraw from SaarLorLux Open, where he was the defending champion, after his father and coach DK Sen had tested positive for the COVID-19 after reaching Germany. The other Indian shuttlers including Olympic hopefuls Saina Nehwal, B Sai Praneeth and Kidambi Srikanth left for Thailand to compete in the events with just the aim of winning.