B. Sai Praneeth
| B. Sai Praneeth | |
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| Personal information | |
| Birth name | Sai Praneeth Bhamidipati |
| Country |
 India
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| Born |
10 August 1992 Hyderabad, India |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Handedness | Right |
| Men's singles & doubles | |
| Highest ranking | 15 (08 June 2017) |
| Current ranking | 15 (08 June 2017) |
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Medal record
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| BWF profile | |
Sai Praneeth Bhamidipati (born 10 August 1992 in Andhra Pradesh) is a male Indian badminton player hailing from Hyderabad, Telangana.
The right handed Sai Praneeth stunned 2003 All England Champion Muhammad Hafiz Hashim of Malaysia at the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold tournament in the first round.
2013 has been a memorable year so far for Sai Praneeth B. He stunned the world by sending back Taufik Hidayat unexpectedly early at his home ground in front of home crowd, thus ruining his farewell from an illustrious career as a professional badminton player. He defeated Taufik Hidayat in the first round match of Djarum Indonesia Open 2013 by 2-1 games with the final score being 15-21, 21-12, 21-17. Barely a few day later on 19 June 2013, he again upstaged a much higher ranked player. This time world number four Hu Yun of Hong Kong in the Singapore Super Series.
At the 2016 All England Super Series Premier, Sai Praneeth stunned the 2nd seed Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in the 1st Round 24-22, 22-20 in straight sets. On July 2016, he won the 2016 Canada Open Grand Prix in the men’s singles category. In the final match played at Calgary, Praneeth defeated Lee Hyun-il of South Korea by 21-12, 21-10 score.It is his maiden grand prix trophy. In 2017, he won the Singapore Open Super Series after beating his compatriot Srikanth Kidambi in rubber games,hence becoming the fourth Indian to win a superseries title after Saina Nehwal,Srikanth Kidambi and P.V.Sindhu.
Boys' Singles
The BWF Superseries, launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.
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