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Thailand grand prix gold winner sai praneeth
- 2. THAILAND GRAND PRIX GOLD WINNER SAI PRANEETH PRESENTED BY- SHUBHAM KUSHWAHA SHOURYA VERMA MOHIT KUMAR
- 3. CONTENTS • Introduction • Biographical Sketch • Achievements • Badminton World Federation • Important Tournaments • BWF Rankings • Grand Prix & Grand Prix Gold • Live Commentary • Conclusion
- 4. INTRODUCTION India's B Sai Praneeth defeated Indonesia's Jonatan Christie in the final of the Thailand Open in Bangkok on Sunday in a seesawing contest that lasted one hour and 11 minutes. “I was just focusing on the rallies. It was a difficult match. The rallies were going too long. But I tried to slowly and slowly build up and I am happy I could win. I thank everyone who supported me," said Praneeth after the match.
- 5. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Sai Praneeth Bhamidipati is a male Indian Badminton Player hailing from Hyderabad, Telangana. He was born on 10th August, 1992. He made his international debut in the year 2008.
- 7. ACHIEVEMENTS • BWF Junior World Championship • BWF Superseries • BWF Grand Prix • BWF International Challenge Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2010 Guadalajara, Mexico Viktor Axelsen 21-19, 15-21, 15-21 Bronze Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2017 Singapore Srikanth Kadambi 17-21, 21-17, 21-12 Winner
- 8. BADMINTON WORLD FEDERATION The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member nations. The BWF has since expanded to 176 member nations around the world. On 24 September 2006, at the Extraordinary General Meeting in Madrid, it was decided to adopt the new name Badminton World Federation (BWF).
- 9. CONTD. Its head office was located in Cheltenham, UK since its founding, but on 1st October 2005, it was relocated to Kuala Lumpur. Its current President is Poul Erik Høyer Larsen. The BWF works in cooperation with regional governing bodies to promote and develop the sport of badminton around the world.
- 10. TOURNAMENTS The BWF regularly organizes major international badminton events which are given below: World Championships World Junior Championships Thomas Cup Uber Cup Sudirman Cup World Senior Championships
- 11. CONTD. Super Series Premier Super Series Grand Prix Gold Grand Prix International Challenge International Series Future Series
- 12. BWF RANKINGS
- 13. GRAND PRIX & GRAND PRIX GOLD The BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since2007. A Grand Prix Gold tournament offers minimum prize money of US$120,000 and a Grand Prix tournament offers minimum prize money of US$50,000. The formula of prize money distribution is identical to Super Series tournament.
- 15. LIVE COMMENTARY • The Indonesian Jonatan Christie opened up a 30 lead but Praneeth soon caught up with him at 44 and it was a close battle till 77 before Christie broke free to maintain a slender edge. • After another couple of close points, Christie found himself 1817 up and quickly sealed off the opening game with three points on the trot. • Making a brilliant comeback in the second game, Praneeth surged ahead 50 and then 93 but failed to maintain his huge lead. • Thereafter, it was a neck to neck battle till 1515 before the Indian took a slight two point lead at 1715.
- 16. • Leading 1716, Praneeth managed to bag three more points to move ahead 2016. Although he wasted two game points, he eventually won it 2118. • In the decider, Christie broke away at 22 to open up a 72 lead and then to 83. However, the Indian slowly made his way up with five consecutive points to reduce the margin to 7 8. • At 1717, Praneeth won two crucial points to take a 19- 17 lead but only to concede the advantage. • A missed smash at 1919 gave Praneeth his first match point, which he converted with a body smash. CONTD.
- 18. CONCLUSION
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