Shruti Kurien-Kanetkar

Shruti Kurien
Shruti Kurien
Personal information
Country	India
Born	28 March 1983; Chennai, India
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	26 (WD) 1 July 2010; 62 (XD) 14 January 2010
Representing India
Commonwealth Games
South Asian Games
	BWF profile

Shruti Kurien (born 28 March 1983) is an Indian badminton player.^[1] She along with partner Jwala Gutta won the National women's-doubles championship between 2002–2008. In 2008, Shruti won the women's-doubles title at KLRC Bulgaria Open Grand Prix.^[2] She was formerly married to Nikhil Kanetkar, another National badminton champion from Maharashtra, although the two are now divorced.^[3]

Achievements

South Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Wooden-Floor Gymnasium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Aparna Balan	P. C. Thulasi Ashwini Ponnappa	21–19, 22–20	Gold
2006	Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Jwala Gutta	Aparna Balan B. R. Meenakshi	18–21, 23–21, 21–12	Gold
2004	Sports Complex, Islamabad, Pakistan	Jwala Gutta	Fathima Nazneen Manjusha Kanwar	15–6, 15–3	Gold

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Australian Open	Aparna Balan	Chia Chi Huang Tang He Tian	13–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2008	Bulgaria Open	Jwala Gutta	Shendy Puspa Irawati Meiliana Jauhari	21–11, 21–19	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Syed Modi India Open	Tarun Kona	Arun Vishnu Aparna Balan	14–21, 21–17, 19–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Spanish Open	Aparna Balan	Line Damkjær Kruse Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen	14–21, 21–17, 15–21	Runner-up
2008	Nepal International	Jwala Gutta	Kalita Anjali Jyotshna Polavarapu	21–6, 21–8	Winner
2007	Tata Open India International	Jwala Gutta	Aparna Balan Jyotshna Polavarapu	21–11, 21–8	Winner
2007	Pakistan International	Jwala Gutta	Renu Chandrika Hettiarachchige Thilini Jayasinghe	21–13, 21–14	Winner
2007	Cyprus International	Jwala Gutta	Kati Tolmoff Ragna Ingolfsdottir	21–12, 21–13	Winner
2006	India Satellite	Jwala Gutta	Jung Youn-kyung Kim Min-jung	18–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2006	Sri Lanka Satellite	Jwala Gutta	Haw Chiou Hwee Lim Yin Loo	21–15, 14–21, 22–20	Winner
2004	Syed Modi India International	Jwala Gutta	Wong Mew Choo Anita Raj Kaur	15–5, 17–15	Winner
2004	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Jwala Gutta	Anastasia Russkikh Petya Nedelcheva	11–15, 6–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Nepal International	J. B. S. Vidyadhar	Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta	12–21, 15–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

References

↑ "Shruti Kurien". Badminton Association of India. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011.
↑ "Shruti Kurien's Player Profile". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
↑ "Indian badminton stars Nikhil Kanetkar and Shruti Kurien are all smiles during their marriage". The Hindu. 28 August 2006. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2010.

External links

Shruti Kurien-Kanetkar at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com

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[1] "Shruti Kurien". Badminton Association of India. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011.

[BWF_profile-2] "Shruti Kurien's Player Profile". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 2 August 2009.

[3] "Indian badminton stars Nikhil Kanetkar and Shruti Kurien are all smiles during their marriage". The Hindu. 28 August 2006. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2010.