Ludhiana, May 21 -- A Nineteen-year-old Lakshay Sharma from Ludhiana has made the city proud by winning a silver medal in the men's singles open category at the All-India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament held in Hyderabad from May 8-15. With over 768 players competing in the men's singles event, Lakshay's performance stood out as he battled his way through some of the country's top shuttlers.

In the opening round, Lakshay defeated Akhil Rao of Telangana in straight games with scores of 21-15 and 21-19. He then faced a tough challenge from Aditya Joshi of Uttarakhand in the second round but emerged victorious in three games: 21-12, 19-21, 21-17. Continuing his fine form, he beat Maharashtra's Varun Kapoor 21-12, 21-19 in the next match...