Gadde Ruthvika Shivani, the daughter of G. Bhavani Prasad[7] and G. Prameela Rani,[8] was born in a Telugu family on 26 March 1997.[citation needed]
Career
At the 2016 South Asian Games held in Guwahati and Shillong, she won two gold medals, in women's team and women's singles. She caused the biggest upset by defeating P. V. Sindhu in straight games winning the women's singles title. She was a women's team member in India's national team at the 2016 Uber Cup and secured bronze medal in 2016 Thomas & Uber Cup held in Kunshan, China. In the quarter-finals she defeated Thailand's top player Nichaon Jindapol by 21-18, 21-16[9] with that victory Indian women's team secured bronze medal in Uber Cup.[citation needed]
In 2017, Shivani participated at V.V. Natu Memorial All India Senior Ranking and won women's singles in Pune in August, where she defeated Anura Prabhudesai.[10] She also won a gold medal in the Mixed team event at the 73rd Inter State - Inter Zonal Senior National Badminton Mixed Team Championship in Nagpur.[citation needed]
At the 82nd Senior National Badminton Championship,[11][circular reference] Shivani lost to P. V. Sindhu, earning a bronze medal in Nagpur. She later competed in the Tata Open India International Challenge in Mumbai, defeating Riya Mukherjee[12] 21-12, 23-21 to claim another victory in women's singles.[citation needed]
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