B. Sai Praneeth

Sai Praneeth Bhamidipati born on 10 August 1992 in Andhra Pradesh is a male Indian badminton player hailing from Hyderabad, Telangana. The right handed Sai Praneeth is currently ranked 33rd in the Badminton World Federation. His highest ranking till date has been 31st on 23 July 2015. On 5 June 2013, he stunned 2003 All England Champion Muhammad Hafiz Hashim of Malaysia at the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold tournament in the first round.^[1]

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.^[2]

Barely a few day later on Jun 19, 2013 he again upstaged a much higher ranked player. This time world number four Yun Hu of Hong Kong in the Singapore Super Series.^[3]

At the All England Championships 2016, Sai Praneeth stunned the 2nd seed Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in the 1st Round 24-22, 22-20 in straight sets.

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On July 3, 2016 he won the 2016 Canada Open Grand Prix Badminton title in the men’s singles category. In the final match played at Calgary Praneeth defeated Lee Hyun II of South Korea by 21-12, 21-10 score.It is his maiden grand prix trophy.

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Achievements

     International Challenge tournament

     International Series tournament

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