Gadde Ruthvika Shivani Explained

Gadde Ruthvika Shivani (te|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 32 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 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 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-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 was 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.

Achievements

South Asian Games

Women's singles

BWF Grand Prix (1 title)

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

Women's singles

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 4 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	India International	Arundhati Pantawane	19–21, 21–18, 21–14	Winner
2015	Bangladesh International	Iris Wang	23–21, 19–21, 21–18	Winner
2016	India International	Rituparna Das	7–11, 11–8, 7–11, 12–14	Runner-up
2022 (I)	India International	Miho Kayama	11–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2022 (III)	India International	Tanya Hemanth	19–21, 21–17, 19–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2024	Turkey International	Rohan Kapoor	Julien Maio Léa Palermo	15–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2024 (I)	India International	Rohan Kapoor	Hariharan Amsakarunan Tanisha Crasto	21–17, 21–19	Winner
2024 (II)	India International	Rohan Kapoor	Ashith Surya Amrutha Pramuthesh	21–16, 19–21, 21–12	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (6 titles)

Girls' singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Ramenskoe Junior International	Evgeniya Kosetskaya	21–17, 22–20	Winner
2012	India Junior International	Rituparna Das	21–19, 21–14	Winner
2013	India Junior International	Liang Xiaoyu	16–21, 21–16, 21–13	Winner
2014	India Junior International	K. Reshma	11–3, 11–1, 11–9	Winner
2015	India Junior International	Supamart Mingchua	21–9, 21–6	Winner

Girls' doubles

BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

BWF Junior International Series tournament

BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Career overview

Doubles	Played	Wins	Losses	Balance
align=left	Total*| 14 | 7| 7| 0|-| align=left | Current year (2017)*| 0| 0| 0| 0|}	7	4	3	+1
align=left	Current year (2017)*| 0| 0| 0| 0|} * Statistics were last updated on 9 December 2017.[10] + Singles Titles Type No. of titles Super Series Premier - Super Series - Grand Prix Gold - Grand Prix 1 International Challenge 3 International Series - Others 1 Total 5 Other achievements S. No. Year Tournament Format Partner Opponent(s) in final Score Result 1 2010 Badminton Asia Youth U17 & U15 Championships Doubles Rituparna Das Shim Jae Rin, Sun Min Lee 19–21, 21–14, 14–21[11] 2 2010 Li-Ning Singapore Youth International Doubles Poorvisha S Ram Shella Devi Aulia, Anggia Shitta Awanda 16–21, 14–21[12] 3 2011 Badminton Asia Youth U17 & U15 Championships Singles Akane Yamaguchi 21–17, 13–21, 18–21[13] 4 2011 Pertamina Open Doubles Sanjana Santosh Cynthia Shara Ayunidha, Rahmadhani Hastiyanti Putri 18–21, 21–17, 10–21[14] National S. No. Year Tournament Age group Format Partner Opponent(s) in final Score Result 1 2008 22nd Sub-Junior Mini National Badminton Championships, Patna Under 13 Singles Rituparna Das 9-21, 13-21 [15] 2 2008 22nd Sub-Junior Mini National Badminton Championships, Patna Under 13 Doubles Rituparna Das V. Harika, K. Reshma [16] 3 2009 23rd Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, Jaipur Under 13 Singles Karishma Wadkar 21-13, 21-16[17] 4 2009 23rd Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, Jaipur Under 13 Doubles V. Harika Akshaya Warang, Karishma Wadkar 21-16, 21-8[18] 5 2009 23rd Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, Jaipur Under 16 Doubles Poorvisha S. Ram K. Maneesha, P. V. Sindhu 19-21, 17-21 [19] 6 2009 18th CBSE National Badminton Championships, Mohali Under 14 Singles Tamal Salvi [20] 7 2010 24th Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, Hyderabad Under 16 Singles P. V. Sindhu 13-21, 17-21[21] 8 2010 24th Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, Hyderabad Under 16 Doubles Poorvisha S. Ram K. Maneesha, P. V. Sindhu 19-21, 17-21[22] 9 2011 25th Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, New Delhi Under 15 Singles Vrushali Gummadi 21-19, 21-15[23] 10 2011 25th Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, New Delhi Under 15 Doubles Sanjana Santosh Lalita Katre, Karishma Wadkar 21-11, 22-20[24] 11 2012 36th Junior National Badminton Championships, Jaipur Under 17 Doubles Poorvisha S Ram Meghana Jakkampudi, K. Maneesha 21-7, 21-9[25] 12 2012 36th Junior National Badminton Championships, Jaipur Under 19 Mixed Doubles B. Venkatesh Kidambi Srikanth, K. Maneesha 21-19, 21-19[26] 13 2012 37th Junior National Badminton Championships, Imphal Under 17 Singles K. Reshma 21-13, 21-23, 21-16[27] 14 2012 37th Junior National Badminton Championships, Imphal Under 19 Singles Rituparna Das 21-17, 21-5[28] 15 2012 37th Junior National Badminton Championships, Imphal Under 19 Doubles Poorvisha S. Ram Meghana Jakkampudi, K. Maneesha 21-10, 21-12[29] 16 2012 37th Inter State - Inter Zonal Badminton Championships, Imphal Under 19 Team Event Meghana Jakkampudi, K. Maneesha West Bengal [30] 17 2013 38th Junior National Badminton Championships, Chandigarh Under 17 Singles Karishma Wadkar 21-19, 21-14[31] 18 2013 38th Junior National Badminton Championships, Chandigarh Under 19 Singles Rituparna Das 14-21, 7-21[32] 19 2013 38th Inter State - Inter Zonal Badminton Championships, Chandigarh Under 19 Team Event Rituparna Das, Meghana Jakkampudi [33] 20 2014 39th Inter State - Inter Zonal Badminton Championships, Patna Under 19 Team Event Rituparna Das, Vrushali Gummadi, K. Sri Krishna Priya 21 2014 39th Junior National Badmintion Championships, Patna Under 19 Singles Rituparna Das 19-21, 19-21[34] 22 2014 39th Junior National Badmintion Championships, Patna Under 19 Doubles Rituparna Das K. Reshma, Sanjana Santosh 21-11, 21-17[35] 23 2015 Air Costa 70th Inter State - Inter Zonal Badminton Championships, Vijayawada Senior Team Event Rituparna Das, Meghana Jakkampudi, K. Maneesha PSPB [36] 24 2015 79th Senior National Badminton Championships, Vijayawada Senior Singles Rituparna Das 21-13, 21-13[37] 25 2015 79th Senior National Badminton Championships, Vijayawada Senior Doubles Rituparna Das Pradnya Gadre, N. Sikki Reddy 16-21, 13-21[38] [39] 26 2015 35th National Games Kerala, Ernakulam Senior Team Event Rituparna Das, N. Sikki Reddy, Meghana Jakkampudi Kerala [40] 27 2015 35th National Games Kerala, Ernakulam Senior Singles P. C. Thulasi 21-18, 11-21, 10-21[41] [42] 28 2016 71st Inter State - Inter Zonal Senior National Badminton Championships, Chandigarh Senior Mixed Team Airports Authority of India [43] 29 2016 80th Senior National Badminton Championships, Chandigarh Senior Singles P. C. Thulasi 21-10, 18-21, 18-21[44] [45] 30 2016 37th Inter - Unit PSPB Badminton Tournament, Hyderabad Senior Team Event P. V. Sindhu, Jwala Gutta ONGC [46] 31 2016 37th Inter - Unit PSPB Badminton Tournament, Hyderabad Senior Singles Rituparna Das 21-13, 21-17[47] 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. External links Gadde Ruthvika Shivani at Gopichand Badminton Academy Interview with Gadde Ruthvika Shivani – "Rising Stars - Upcoming star in Indian badminton Ruthvika Shivani" on Dreamaboutsports Gadde Ruthvika Shivani interview on Badminton-Unlimited Twitter Official page

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