Former India badminton coach Vimal Kumar is mighty impressed with ward Lakshya Sen’s temperament en route to a gold medal on his Commonwealth Games debut in Birmingham.

In Monday’s gold medal match, Sen rallied to a 19-21, 21-9, 21-16 win over Malaysia’s Ng Tze Yong. In the semis, Sen had defeated another promising player, Singapore’s Jia Heng Teh 21-10, 18-21, 21-16.