Indian badminton player (born 1997)
Badminton player
Saurabh Sharma Country India Born (1997-12-30 ) 30 December 1997 (age 26) Sonipat, Haryana Years active 2016-present Handedness Right handed Coach Pullela Gopichand Highest ranking 50 (MD 30 August 2018) 44 (XD 9 July 2019) BWF profile
Saurabh Sharma (born 30 December 1997) is an Indian badminton player.[1] [2] He has represented India in BWF International tournaments , having won multiple mixed doubles and men's doubles tournaments. He also became the U-19 Mixed doubles champion in the junior nationals.
Background
Sharma spent the early years of his life in Sonipat in Haryana . He started playing badminton at the age of eight and in 2009 he joined the Gopichand Badminton Academy for training.[3] [4] [5]
Career
In 2016, Sharma and Parikh won the Nepal International after defeating Venkat Gaurav Prasad and Juhi Dewangan in the final.
In 2017, Sharma and Parikh were runners-up in the Kharkiv International and South Africa International . In 2018, the pair reached the final of the Brazil International but were defeated by Russian pair of Evgenij Dremin of Evgenia Dimova .[6] [7]
Sharma and Parikh won the Kharkiv title in 2018 after they defeated the Polish pair of Paweł Śmiłowski of Magdalena Świerczyńska .[8] [9] [10]
In the Men's doubles category he won the South Africa International in 2017, Jamaica International in 2018 and the Nepal International in 2019.[11] [12] [13]
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series
Men's doubles
Year
Tournament
Partner
Opponent
Score
Result
2016
Mauritius International
Dhruv Kapila
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty
12–21, 16–21
Runner-up
2017
South Africa International
Tarun Kona
Aatish Lubah Julien Paul
21–9, 21–15
Winner
2018
Iran Fajr International
Tarun Kona
Alwin Francis K. Nandagopal
11–9, 6–11, 11–7, 8–11, 9–11
Runner-up
2018
Jamaica International
Tarun Kona
Gareth Henry Samuel Ricketts
21–17, 21–17
Winner
2018
Brazil International
Tarun Kona
Jason Ho-Shue Nyl Yakura
7–21 retired
Runner-up
2019
Nepal International
Rohan Kapoor
Izzat Farhan Azhar Zachary Sia
21–10, 21–12
Winner
2019
Bahrain International
Rohan Kapoor
Prad Tangsrirapeephan Apichasit Teerawiwat
21–19, 16–21, 22–24
Runner-up
Mixed doubles
BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF International Series tournament
BWF Future Series tournament
External links
References