Poorvisha S. Ram

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Poorvisha S. Ram
Personal information
CountryIndia
Born (1995-01-24) 24 January 1995 (age 30)
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Years active2008–present
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking30 (WD with Meghana Jakkampudi 15 November 2018)
85 (XD with Nithin H. V. 24 January 2023)
Current ranking258 (WD), 85 (XD) (24 January 2023)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Lucknow Mixed team
BWF profile

Poorvisha S. Ram (born 24 January 1995) is an Indian badminton player who specializes in doubles and mixed doubles. [1] As of February 2020, she is ranked 48 in doubles. She had attained career best ranking of 30 in November 2018. [2] She was previously ranked 3 in doubles at national level. [3]

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Biography

Poorvisha was born in 1995, in Bangalore, Karnataka. She completed her early education at Sishu Griha Montessori and High School, in Bangalore. Poorvisha started playing badminton in 2005 and represented Karnataka at national level in 2007. She won her first competitive tournament at the age of 13 in 2008 when she won a national level inter-school tournament. [4]

In 2009, Poorvisha won silver medal at the 35th National Sports Festival for Women at Margao, Goa. She has won the national championship in junior circuit consecutively for three years in 2010, 2011 and 2012. [5] In December 2012, Poorvisha represented India at Li-Ning Singapore Youth International Series and won silver medal in the women's double event. [6]

Initially, Poorvisha trained at B. N. Sudhakar Academy in Bangalore but moved to Hyderabad in 2013 where she trained under Pullela Gopichand at Gopichand Badminton Academy, Hyderabad. Currently, she trains under Arun Vishnu and Pradnya Gadre along with Gopichand. [5]

Poorvisha won her first senior title in 2015 at Uganda International double event with N. Sikki Reddy. Later that year, she won Bahrain International with Arathi Sara Sunil. In late 2015, Poorvisha was out for sixteen weeks due to career ending lateral and medical epicondylitis, however, she recovered and made a come back in early 2016. [7]

In 2016, Poorvisha partnered with Meghana Jakkampudi and won Nepal International in Kathmandu. Since 2016, Poorvisha has spent her double career in partnership with Jakkampudi whereas in mixed doubles, she partners with Krishna Prasad Ganga. [7] In 2017, Poorvisha and Jakkampudi appeared in various international competitions including 2017 Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold and 2017 All England Super Series Premier. [5] They reached the finals of Tata Open India International in 2018. In 2019, the pair appeared in Russian Open semifinals where they lost to Japanese pair of Miki Kashihara and Miyuki Kato. [8]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 3 runners-up)

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015 Uganda International Flag of India.svg N. Sikki Reddy Flag of Iran.svg Sorayya Aghaei
Flag of Iran.svg Negin Amiripour
11–7, 6–11, 8–11, 11–7, 11–3Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Bahrain International Flag of India.svg Arathi Sara Sunil Flag of Pakistan.svg Palwasha Bashir
Flag of Pakistan.svg Sara Mohmand
21–14, 21–8Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2016 Bangladesh International Flag of India.svg Meghana Jakkampudi Flag of Vietnam.svg Nguyễn Thị Sen
Flag of Vietnam.svg Vũ Thị Trang
6–21, 22–20, 11–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2016 Nepal International Flag of India.svg Meghana Jakkampudi Flag of India.svg Anoushka Parikh
Flag of India.svg Harika Veludurthi
21–16, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018 Tata Open India International Flag of India.svg Meghana Jakkampudi Flag of Hong Kong.svg Ng Wing Yung
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Yeung Nga Ting
10–21, 11–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2020Uganda International Flag of India.svg Meghana Jakkampudi Flag of Peru.svg Daniela Macías
Flag of Peru.svg Dánica Nishimura
21–17, 20–22, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2022 Cameroon International Flag of India.svg Srivedya Gurazada Flag of Malaysia.svg Kasturi Radhakrishnan
Flag of Malaysia.svg Venosha Radhakrishnan
21–12, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2020 Uganda International Flag of India.svg Shivam Sharma Flag of India.svg Tarun Kona
Flag of India.svg Meghana Jakkampudi
7–21, 21–14, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. "Players: Poorvisha S Ram". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  2. "Player Profile of Poorvisha S. Ram". www.badmintoninindia.com. Badminton Association of India. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  3. "Poorvisha S Ram's profile at The Bridge". thebridge.in. The Bridge. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  4. "Poorvisha S. Ram profile at Sports Beat India". sportsbeatsindia.com. SportsBeatsIndia. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 "More power to the racquet!". deccanherald.com. Deccan Herald. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  6. "Poorvisha Karnataka proud at Li Ning Singapore Series". kba.org.in. Karnataka Badminton Association. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  7. 1 2 "Badminton's new jodi is striking the right notes". The Times of India. 16 March 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  8. "Russian Open: Meghana enters women's and mixed doubles semis". sportstar.thehindu.com. The Hindu. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2020.