Lakshya Sen and Anup Sridhar were not able to achieve the targets they had set together Reigning Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen has parted ways with coach Anup Sridhar and will currently be assisted by childhood coach U Vimal Kumar.
Former India international Anup was roped in by the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy, where Lakshya trains in Bengaluru, to assist the former All England Open runner-up at the start of last year.
Following his gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Lakshya had been struggling with form especially after a deviated nasal septum surgery in September 2022.
He started his recovery process under Anup after several early rounds exits before finally reaching the semi-finals at Thailand Open, US Open and Japan Open. Lakshya ended his year-long title drought when he won the Canada Open – a Super 500 event – at Calgary in July.(HT)