Gadde Ruthvika Shivani Explained

Gadde Ruthvika Shivani
Birth Date:1997 3, df=yes[1]
Birth Place:Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Residence:Khammam, Telangana, India[2]
Height:1.73m (05.68feet)[3]
Weight:60 kg (132 lb)
Event:Women's singles
Country:India
Handedness:Right handed
Coach:Pullela Gopichand
Highest Ranking:49
Date Of Highest Ranking:1 December 2016[4]
Titles:5
Bwf Id:EF757969-55B1-4CD7-90B9-E280BA65A9F7

Gadde Ruthvika Shivani (Telugu: గద్దె రుత్విక శివాని; born 26 March 1997) is an Indian badminton player who currently plays singles.[5] She trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy.[6]

Childhood and Early Training

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. Her father is a small business man and her mother is a homemaker and Shivani's elder brother is G. S. Chaitanya Prasad. Shivani getting interested in playing badminton at the age of five, she used to go along with his father to play with club members at Khammam's Sequel Resorts. Her father and his friends noticed her keen interest to the sport, from then she started playing it every single day and make it as a career.

In 2002, Shivani initially took in the nuts and bolts of the game with the direction of club coach Prem Singh at Khammam's Sequel Resorts. Later, she joined in the Sports Authority Academy, Khammam, in 2004 under the guidance of coach G. Sudhakar Reddy till 2011. During her training she sharpened her repertoire of mix-and-match shots to bait and confuse her opponents. One of the others things she did was to play singles and doubles with boys. While their physicality made Shivani work harder, her techniques refined her game, making her stand out.

Soon after Shivani joined in the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy in 2012, she won several medals after joining in the Gopichand Badminton Academy, one of the biggest triumph is winning the women's singles title in Russian Grand Prix. About Shivani's performance at the Russian Grand Prix, Gopichand said: "She had the habit of playing against the boys in her early days". "So, her fitness and power is automatically developed and it is likely to make the difference from the other students of this academy. And after she joined the academy, I did not overwrite her game style. Rather I tried to polish it".

Shivani was National Champion at sub-junior, junior, senior level categories in all age groups and in all formats of badminton events, respectively she won 115 national medals. In the international level she won 20 medals. Shivani completed her schooling from Harvest Public School, Khammam. She completed her 11th, 12th standards from Jubilee Hills Public School, Hyderabad and B.Com from St. Ann's College for Women, at present she is pursuing her M.B.A in the same college located in Hyderabad.

Career

In the international circuit, Shivani made her first international sub-junior debut in 2010, she was a bronze medallist in women's doubles category at the Badminton Asia Youth U17 & U15 Championships held in Chiba, Japan, that was her first medal in international level. In the same year she was a silver medallist in women's doubles category at the Li-Ning Singapore Youth International held in Singapore.In 2011, Shivani was a silver medallist in women's singles category at the Badminton Asia Youth U17 & U15 Championships held in Chiba, Japan. She was also a silver medallist in women's doubles category at the DJARUM SIRNAS REG.IV FLY POWER PERTAMINA JATIM OPEN held in Surabaya, Indonesia.

2011

In 2011, Shivani made her first international junior debut at Ramenskoe Junior International held in Ramenskoe, Russia. She vanquished Russian Player Evgeniya Kosetskaya and won women's singles title. She was also a bronze medallist in women's doubles. At Asian Junior Championships she was a bronze medallist in mixed team event.

2012

In 2012, Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior International held in Pune, Maharastra. She won the women's singles title by defeating Rituparna Das in straight sets and also won the women's doubles title.

2013

In the 2013 Indian Badminton League, She was the team member of the Awadhe Warriors. Her team lost in finals against Hyderabad HotShots and finished as runner's-up. Shivani won women's singles title at Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior International held in Pune, Maharastra. By defeating Liang Xiaoyu in finals. She won in women's doubles at Vankina Anjana Devi Memorial All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament held in Hyderabad, Telangana.

2014

In December, Shivani won the Tata Open India International women's singles title after beating her opponent Arundhati Pantawane in the final. This was her first international challenge title held in Mumbai, Maharastra. On 7 September 2014 she won her third consecutive year of winning women's singles title in Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior International held in Pune, Maharastra defeating her opponent Karthik Reshma in the final. Winner in women’s singles at All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament held in Gandhidham, Gujarat.

2015

At the 2015 December, Yonex-Sunrise Bangladesh Open International held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She won the women's singles title by defeating top seeded player Iris Wang of United States. In October, Sofia, Bulgaria she was a bronze medallist in women's singles at the Babolat Bulgarian International. In September, playing at the Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior International held in Pune, Maharastra. She defeated second seeded player Supamart Mingchua in the final and winning the women's singles title for the fourth consecutive year. At Radhey Shyam Gupta Memorial All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament held in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh she was winner in women's singles.

2016

At the 2016 South Asian Games held in Guwahati and Shillong, she won two gold medals, in women's team and women's singles. Rising star Shivani created the biggest upset by defeating P. V. Sindhu in straight games and won 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 World Team Championships Finals 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. Later, they lost in semi-finals against china. In the 2016 Premier Badminton league, Shivani was the team member of the Mumbai Rockets. Her team finished as runner's-up after losing in finals against Delhi Acers. On 9 October 2016, Shivani won Russian Open women's singles title, beating her opponent from Russia Evgeniya Kosetskaya in finals. This is Shivani's maiden Grand Prix title held in Vladivostok, Russia. Shivani was a silver medallist in Sats-Yonex Sunrise India International Series held in Hyderabad, Telangana. In Pune, Maharashtra she was winner in women’s singles at V. V. Natu Memorial All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament.

International Individual achievements (senior)

S. No.YearTournamentOpponent/Opponents in finalScoreResult
12014Tata Open India International Arundhati Pantawane19–21, 21–18, 21–14[10]
22015Babolat Bulgarian International Maria Ulitina20–22, 15–21[11] [12]
32015Yonex-Sunrise Bangladesh Open International Iris Wang23–21, 19–21, 21–18[13]
42016South Asian Games P. V. Sindhu21–11, 22–20[14]
52016Russian Open Evgeniya Kosetskaya21–10, 21–13[15]
62016Sats-Yonex Sunrise India International Series Rituparna Das7–11, 11–8, 7–11, 12–14[16]
72017Tata Open India International Mukherjee Riya21–12, 23–21[17]
82022India Maharashtra International Challenge Miho Kayama11–21, 11–21
92022India International Challenge Tanya Hemanth19–21, 21–17, 17–21

Grand Prix

International Challenge

International Series

International achievements (junior)

S. No.YearTournamentFormatPartnerOpponents/Opponent(s) in finalScoreResult
12011Ramenskoe Junior InternationalSingles Evgeniya Kosetskaya21–17, 22–20[18]
22011Ramenskoe Junior InternationalDoubles Rituparna Das Evgeniya Kosetskaya, Viktoriya Varabyova21–15, 18–21, 11–21[19] [20]
32012Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior InternationalSingles Rituparna Das21–19, 21–14[21]
42012Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior InternationalDoubles Poorvisha S Ram J. Meghana, K. Maneesha21–12, 18–21, 21–19[22]
52013Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior InternationalSingles Liang Xiaoyu16–21, 21–16, 21–13[23]
62014Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior InternationalSingles Karthik Reshma11–3, 11–1, 11–9[24]
72015Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior InternationalSingles Supamart Mingchua21–9, 21–6[25]

Junior International Grand Prix

Junior International Series

International achievements (sub-junior)

S. No.YearTournamentFormatPartnerOpponents/Opponent(s) in finalScoreResult
12010Badminton Asia Youth U17 & U15 ChampionshipsDoubles Rituparna Das Shim Jae Rin, Sun Min Lee19–21, 21–14, 14–21[26]
22010Li-Ning Singapore Youth InternationalDoubles Poorvisha S Ram Shella Devi Aulia, Anggia Shitta Awanda16–21, 14–21[27]
32011Badminton Asia Youth U17 & U15 ChampionshipsSingles Akane Yamaguchi21–17, 13–21, 18–21[28]
42011Pertamina OpenDoubles Sanjana Santosh Cynthia Shara Ayunidha, Rahmadhani Hastiyanti Putri18–21, 21–17, 10–21[29]

Continental Junior Championships

International Career overview

DoublesPlayedWinsLossesBalance
align=left Total*| 14 | 7| 7| 0|-| align=left | Current year (2017)*| 0| 0| 0| 0|}7 43+1
align=left Current year (2017)*| 0| 0| 0| 0|}

* Statistics were last updated on 9 December 2017.[30]

+ Singles Titles
TypeNo. of titles
Super Series Premier-
Super Series-
Grand Prix Gold-
Grand Prix1
International Challenge3
International Series-
Others1
Total5

National achievements

National sub-junior/junior/senior medals (31)

S. No.YearTournamentAge groupFormatPartner(s)Opponent(s)/Opponent(s) in finalScoreResult
1200822nd Sub-Junior Mini National Badminton Championships, PatnaUnder 13Singles Rituparna Das9-21, 13-21 [31]
2200822nd Sub-Junior Mini National Badminton Championships, PatnaUnder 13Doubles Rituparna Das V. Harika, Karthik Reshma[32]
3200923rd Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, JaipurUnder 13Singles Karishma Wadkar 21-13, 21-16[33]
4200923rd Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, JaipurUnder 13Doubles V. Harika Akshaya Warang, Karishma Wadkar21-16, 21-8[34]
5200923rd Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, JaipurUnder 16Doubles Poorvisha S Ram K. Maneesha, P. V. Sindhu19-21, 17-21 [35]
6200918th CBSE National Badminton Championships, MohaliUnder 14Singles Tamal Salvi[36]
7201024th Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, HyderabadUnder 16Singles P. V. Sindhu13-21, 17-21[37]
8201024th Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, HyderabadUnder 16Doubles Poorvisha S Ram K. Maneesha, P. V. Sindhu19-21, 17-21[38]
9201125th Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, New DelhiUnder 15Singles G. Vrushali21-19, 21-15[39]
10201125th Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, New DelhiUnder 15Doubles Sanjana Santosh Lalita Katre, Karishma Wadkar 21-11, 22-20[40]
11201236th Junior National Badminton Championships, JaipurUnder 17Doubles21-7, 21-9[41]
12201236th Junior National Badminton Championships, JaipurUnder 19Mixed Doubles B. Venkatesh 21-19, 21-19[42]
13201237th Junior National Badminton Championships, ImphalUnder 17Singles Reshma Karthik 21-13, 21-23, 21-16[43]
14201237th Junior National Badminton Championships, ImphalUnder 19Singles21-17, 21-5[44]
15201237th Junior National Badminton Championships, ImphalUnder 19Doubles21-10, 21-12[45]
16201237th Inter State - Inter Zonal Badminton Championships, ImphalUnder 19Team Event J. Meghana, K. Maneesha[46]
17201338th Junior National Badminton Championships, ChandigarhUnder 17Singles Karishma Wadkar 21-19, 21-14[47]
18201338th Junior National Badminton Championships, ChandigarhUnder 19Singles14-21, 7-21[48]
19201338th Inter State - Inter Zonal Badminton Championships, ChandigarhUnder 19Team Event Rituparna Das, J. Meghana[49]
20201439th Inter State - Inter Zonal Badminton Championships, PatnaUnder 19Team Event Rituparna Das, G. Vrushali, K. Sri Krishna Priya
21201439th Junior National Badmintion Championships, PatnaUnder 19Singles Rituparna Das19-21, 19-21[50]
22201439th Junior National Badmintion Championships, PatnaUnder 19Doubles Rituparna Das21-11, 21-17[51]
232015Air Costa 70th Inter State - Inter Zonal Badminton Championships, VijayawadaSeniorTeam Event Rituparna Das, J. Meghana, K. Maneesha PSPB[52]
24201579th Senior National Badminton Championships, VijayawadaSeniorSingles21-13, 21-13[53]
25201579th Senior National Badminton Championships, VijayawadaSeniorDoubles Rituparna Das Pradnya Gadre, N. Siki Reddy16-21, 13-21[54] [55]
26201535th National Games Kerala, ErnakulamSeniorTeam Event Rituparna Das, N. Siki Reddy, J. Meghana Kerala[56]
27201535th National Games Kerala, ErnakulamSeniorSingles P. C. Thulasi21-18, 11-21, 10-21[57] [58]
28201671st Inter State - Inter Zonal Senior National Badminton Championships, ChandigarhSeniorMixed Team AAI[59]
29201680th Senior National Badminton Championships, ChandigarhSeniorSingles P. C. Thulasi21-10, 18-21, 18-21[60] [61]
30201637th Inter - Unit PSPB Badminton Tournament, HyderabadSeniorTeam Event P. V. Sindhu, Jwala Gutta ONGC[62]
31201637th Inter - Unit PSPB Badminton Tournament, HyderabadSeniorSingles Rituparna Das21-13, 21-17[63]

Personal life

Ruthvika Shivani has been employed with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) since 23 November 2015. Now she is in EXECUTIVE (SPORTS) post at Hyderabad, Telangana office.

See also

External links

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Notes and References

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  52. Web site: Air Costa 70th Inter State - Inter Zonal Badminton Championships 2015 at Vijayawada. Badminton Association of India. 14 November 2016.
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  60. Web site: 80th Senior National Badminton Championships 2015-16 at Chandigarh: Draws: WS. Badminton Association of India. 14 November 2016.
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