Sanave Thomas Explained

Sanave Thomas
Birth Name:Sanave Thomas Arattukulam
Country:India
Birth Date:1980 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Mararikulam village, Alappuzha district, Kerala, India[1]
Height:1.75 m
Handedness:Right
Event:Men's & mixed doubles
Highest Ranking:13 (MD 15 July 2010)
168 (XD 17 April 2014)
Bwf Id:9866268A-E1C1-46C2-96E7-3F0F92DA3089

Sanave Thomas Arattukulam (born 21 May 1980) is an Indian badminton player.[2] [3] He won bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in mixed team event.[4] He was the gold medalists at the 2006 and 2010 South Asian Games in the men's doubles and team events, also won silver medal in the mixed doubles in 2010.

Achievements

South Asian Games

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2006Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium,
Colombo, Sri Lanka
K. T. Rupesh Kumar Thushara Edirisinghe
Duminda Jayakody
21–16, 21–10 Gold
2010Wooden-Floor Gymnasium,
Dhaka, Bangladesh
K. T. Rupesh Kumar Chetan Anand
V. Diju
21–19, retired Gold

Mixed doubles

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008Dutch Open Rupesh Kumar K. T. Fran Kurniawan
Rendra Wijaya
18–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2009Australian Open Rupesh Kumar K. T. Gan Teik Chai
Tan Bin Shen
13–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2009New Zealand Open Rupesh Kumar K. T. Hirokatsu Hashimoto
Noriyasu Hirata
21–16, 15–21, 21–13 Winner
2009Bitburger Open Rupesh Kumar K. T. Chris Adcock
Andrew Ellis
17–21, 22–20, 24–22 Winner
2010India Open Rupesh Kumar K. T. Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif
Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari
12–21, 20–22 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2000Hungarian International V. Diju José Antonio Crespo
Sergio Llopis
17–14, 15–7 Winner
2004Syed Modi International K. T. Rupesh Kumar V. Diju
Jaseel P. Ismail
15–12, 15–8 Winner
2004Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse K. T. Rupesh Kumar Kristof Hopp
Ingo Kindervater
15–7, 15–13 Winner
2004India Satellite K. T. Rupesh Kumar V. Diju
Jaseel P. Ismail
9–15, 1–15 Runner-up
2005Surabaya Satellite K. T. Rupesh Kumar Tri Kusharyanto
Bambang Suprianto
9–15, 12–15 Runner-up
2005India Satellite K. T. Rupesh Kumar V. Diju
Jaseel P. Ismail
17–14, 15–7 Winner
2006India Satellite K. T. Rupesh Kumar Chan Peng Soon
Chang Hun Pin
19–21, 21–8, 22–20 Winner
2008Croatian International K. T. Rupesh Kumar Jakub Bitman
Zvonimir Đurkinjak
21–9, 21–14 Winner
2008Portugal International K. T. Rupesh Kumar Ruud Bosch
Koen Ridder
19–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2009Bahrain International Aneesh Aneefa Kannangayath Ebrahim Jaffer Al Sayed Jaffer
Heri Setiawan
21–16, 21–14 Winner
2010Bahrain International K. T. Rupesh Kumar Bennet Antony Anchery
Alwin Francis
21–7, 16–21, 21–14 Winner
2011Bahrain International K. T. Rupesh Kumar Andrei Adistia
Christopher Rusdianto
21–14, 17–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2011Tata Open India International K. T. Rupesh Kumar Pranav Chopra
Akshay Dewalkar
21–19, 17–21, 21–23 Runner-up
2012Austrian International K. T. Rupesh Kumar Hiroyuki Saeki
Ryota Taohata
23–21, 22–20 Winner
2012Bahrain International K. T. Rupesh Kumar K. Nandagopal
Jishnu Sanyal
21–18, 19–21, 21–18 Winner
2013Bahrain International K. T. Rupesh Kumar V. Diju
K. Nandagopal
17–21, 21–12, 19–21 Runner-up
2013Bahrain International Challenge K. T. Rupesh Kumar V. Diju
K. Nandagopal
Walkover Winner

Mixed doubles

BWF International Challenge tournament`

BWF International Series tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sanave Thomas . www.badmintonindia.org . . 14 October 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20110910184233/http://www.badmintonindia.org/frmPlProfileDet.aspx?pId=15 . 10 September 2011 .
  2. Web site: Players: Sanave Thomas . bwfbadminton.com . Badminton World Federation. 14 October 2016.
  3. Web site: Sanave Thomas Full Profile . bwf.tournamentsoftware.com . Badminton World Federation. 14 October 2016.
  4. Web site: India in Commonwealth Games Badminton : Medallists . www.sportsbharti.com . Sports Bharti. 14 October 2016.