B. Sai Praneeth

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B. Sai Praneeth
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Personal information
Birth nameBhamidipati Sai Praneeth
CountryIndia
Born (1992-08-10) 10 August 1992 (age 31)
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
[1] [2]
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Retired4 March 2024 [3]
HandednessRight
Coach Pullela Gopichand
Men's singles
Career record236 wins, 168 losses
Highest ranking10 (12 November 2019)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Basel Men's singles
Asia Team Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Hyderabad Men's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Manila Men's team
South Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Guwahati-Shillong Men's team
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Guadalajara Boys' singles
Commonwealth Youth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Pune Boys' doubles
BWF profile

Bhamidipati Sai Praneeth (born 10 August 1992) is an Indian former badminton player. [4] [5] [6] He became the first Indian male shuttler in 36 years to win a bronze medal in the BWF World Championships in 2019 after Prakash Padukone in 1983. [7] Sai Praneeth was honoured with the Arjuna Award in 2019. [8] His parents are Seshadri Deekshitulu and Madhavi Latha of Palakollu, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. His maternal aunt was a national level badminton player. [9]

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Career

Sai Praneeth is an India badminton player who currently trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad. The right-handed Indian stunned the 2003 All England Champion Muhammad Hafiz Hashim of Malaysia at the 2013 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold tournament in the first round. [10]

In 2013, Praneeth defeated Taufik Hidayat unexpectedly early in front of a home crowd. He defeated Taufik Hidayat in the first round match of the Djarum Indonesia Open 2013, with the final score being 15-21, 21-12, 21-17. [11] A few days later, on 19 June 2013, he again upstaged a much higher ranked Hu Yun of Hong Kong in the Singapore Super Series. [12]

At the 2016 All England Super Series Premier, Sai Praneeth defeated the 2nd seed Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in the 1st Round 24-22, 22-20 in straight games. [13] In July 2016, he won his maiden Grand Prix title, the 2016 Canada Open Grand Prix in the men's singles category. In the final match played at Calgary, Sai Praneeth defeated Lee Hyun-il of South Korea 21-12, 21-10. [14] In 2017, he won the Singapore Open Super Series after beating compatriot Srikanth Kidambi in the final in three games, hence becoming the fourth Indian to win a superseries title after Saina Nehwal, Srikanth Kidambi and P. V. Sindhu. [15]

In 2019, Praneeth won a bronze medal at the BWF World Championships in Basel, Switzerland after losing in the semifinals to eventual champion Kento Momota. In his route to the semifinal, he beat sixth seed Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia in the third round and the reigning Asian Games Champion Jonatan Christie of Indonesia in the quarterfinals. [16] [17]

Praneeth qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, [18] where he was seeded thirteenth. However, he made a shock exit at the group stage after losing to Misha Zilberman of Israel [19] and Mark Caljouw of Netherlands. [20]

Praneeth announced his retirement through his social media account Instagram on 4 March 2024. [3] He will start a new journey as a coach in the United States. [21]

Achievements

World Championships

Men's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2019 St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland Flag of Japan.svg Kento Momota 13–21, 8–21 Med 3.png Bronze

World Junior Championships

Boys' singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2010 Domo del Code Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico Flag of Denmark.svg Viktor Axelsen 21–19, 15–21, 15–21 Med 3.png Bronze

Commonwealth Youth Games

Boys' doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008 Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune, India Flag of India.svg Pranav Chopra Flag of England.svg Gary Fox
Flag of England.svg Richard Morris 		21–18, 23–21 Med 3.png Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [22] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100. [23]

Men's singles

YearTournamentLevelOpponentScoreResult
2019 Swiss Open Super 300 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shi Yuqi 21–19, 18–21, 12–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

BWF Superseries (1 title)

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries had two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries featured twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year-end.

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2017 Singapore Open Flag of India.svg Srikanth Kidambi 17–21, 21–17, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2016 Canada Open Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Hyun-il 21–12, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2017 Syed Modi International Flag of India.svg Sameer Verma 19–21, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2017 Thailand Open Flag of Indonesia.svg Jonatan Christie 17–21, 21–18, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 1 runner-up)

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2010 Iran Fajr International Flag of Iran.svg Mohammadreza Kheradmandi 21–19, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2012 Bahrain International Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Niluka Karunaratne 14–21, 21–14, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2012 Tata Open India International Flag of India.svg R. M. V. Gurusaidutt 19–21, 12–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 Sri Lanka International Flag of India.svg Sameer Verma 21–18, 21–8Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Lagos International Flag of Poland.svg Adrian Dziolko 21–14, 21–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Bangladesh International Flag of India.svg Sameer Verma21–14, 8–21, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010 Iran Fajr International Flag of India.svg Pranav Chopra Flag of Iran.svg Ali Shahhosseini
Flag of Iran.svg Mohammadreza Kheradmandi 		21–17, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 9 April 2024. [24]

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