Gadde Ruthvika Shivani

Gadde Ruthvika Shivani
Shivani
Personal information
Birth name	Gadde Ruthvika Shivani
Country	India
Born	26 March 1997[1] Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Residence	Khammam, Telangana, India[2]
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[3]
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Pullela Gopichand [3]
Women's Singles
Career title(s)	4
Highest ranking	49 (1 December 2016[4])
Current ranking	49 (1 December 2016[5])
Medal record Representing  India Women's badminton Uber Cup 2016 Kunshan Women's Team South Asian Games 2016 Guwahati Women's Singles 2016 Guwahati Women's Team Asian Junior Championships 2011 Lucknow Mixed Team Badminton Asia Youth U17 & U15 Championships 2011 Chiba Women's Singles 2010 Chiba Women's Doubles
BWF profile

Gadde Ruthvika Shivani (born 26 March 1997) is an Indian badminton player who currently plays Singles.^[6] She is currently being supported by the GoSports Foundation through the Rahul Dravid Athlete Mentorship Programme. She trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy.^[7]

Childhood and Early Training

Gadde Ruthvika Shivani, the daughter of G. Bhavani Prasad^[8] and G. Prameela Rani,^[9] 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 recent triumph is winning the 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".

Before that Shivani's family was owning a small granite factory, when Shivani's stead results meant her shift to Gopichand's academy became imminent. Shivani won 115 national medals at sub-junior, junior, senior level categories in all age groups and in all formats of badminton events. Shivani completed her schooling from Harvest Public School, Khammam. She completed her 11th, 12th standards from Jubilee Hills Public School, Hyderabad. At present she is pursuing her B.Com III rd Yr in St. Ann's College for Women, Hyderabad.

Career

In the international circuit, Shivani won 20 medals at sub-junior, junior, senior level categories. Shivani made her first international debut at sub-junior category in 2010, she was a bronze medallist in 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 doubles category at the Li-Ning Singapore Youth International held in Singapore. In 2011, Shivani was a silver medallist in singles category at the Badminton Asia Youth U17 & U15 Championships held in Chiba, Japan. She was also a silver medallist in doubles category at the DJARUM SIRNAS REG.IV FLY POWER PERTAMINA JATIM OPEN held in Surabaya, Indonesia.

2011

In 2011, Lucknow Shivani made her first international junior debut at the Asian Junior Championships where she was a bronze medallist in mixed team event. On 27 November 2011, she won Ramenskoe Junior International beating Russian Player Evgeniya Kosetskaya in final by 21–17, 22–20. And also Shivani was a bronze medallist in doubles category in that same tournament held in Ramenskoe, Russia.

2012

In 2012, Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior International held in Pune, Maharastra shivani won the gold medal in singles by defeating Rituparna Das in straight sets 21-19, 21-14 and also won the gold medal in doubles category.

2013

Shivani won gold medal in singles by defeating her opponent in final Liang Xiaoyu by 16-21, 21-16, 21-13 at Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior International held in Pune, Maharastra. In the 2013 Indian Badminton League, Shivani was the team member of the Awadhe Warriors. Her team lost in finals against Hyderabad HotShots and finished as runner's-up.

2014

On September 7, 2014 Shivani won her third consecutive year of winning gold medal in Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior International held in Pune, Maharastra defeating her opponent in the final Karthik Reshma by 11-3, 11-1, 11-9. Previously, she won gold medal in singles category in the respective years 2012 and 2013.

In December, Shivani won the Tata Open India International women's singles title after beating her opponent Arundhati Pantawane by 19–21, 21–18, 21–14 in the final. This was her first international challenge title held in Mumbai, Maharastra.

2015

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 by 21-9, 21-6 and winning gold medal for the fourth consecutive year.

In October, Sofia, Bulgaria Shivani was a bronze medallist in women's singles at the Babolat Bulgarian International. At the 2015 December, Yonex-Sunrise Bangladesh Open International held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She won the gold medal in the singles category defeating top seeded player Iris Wang of United States by 23–21, 19–21, 21–18.

2016

In the 2016 Premier Badminton league, Shivani was the team member of the Mumbai Rockets. Her team finished as runner's-up after loosing in finals against Delhi Acers. 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 by 21–11, 22–20. To win the women's singles gold medal.

Shivani 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 Shivani defeated Thailand's top player Nichaon Jindapol by 21-18, 21-16 with that victory Indian women's team secured bronze medal in Uber Cup. Later, they lost in semi-finals against china.

On October 9, 2016, Shivani won Russian Open title, beating her opponent from Russia Evgeniya Kosetskaya by 21–10, 21-13. 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 where she lost her finals against Rituparna Das.

International Achievements (Senior)

International Senior Medals (6)

S. No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent/Opponent in final	Score	Result
1	2014	Tata Open India International	Arundhati Pantawane	19–21, 21–18, 21–14[10]	Gold
2	2015	Babolat Bulgarian International	Maria Ulitina	20-22, 15-21[11][12]	Bronze
3	2015	Yonex-Sunrise Bangladesh Open International	Iris Wang	23–21, 19–21, 21–18[13]	Gold
4	2016	South Asian Games	P.V.Sindhu	21–11, 22–20[14]	Gold
5	2016	Russian Open	Evgeniya Kosetskaya	21-10, 21-13[15]	Gold
6	2016	Sats-Yonex Sunrise India International Series	Rituparna Das	7-11, 11-8, 7-11, 12-14[16]	Silver

     Grand Prix

     International Challenge

     International Series

International Achievements (Junior)

International Junior Medals (7)

S. No.	Year	Tournament	Format	Partner	Opponents/Opponent(s) in final	Score	Result
1	2011	Ramenskoe Junior International	Singles	N/A	Evgeniya Kosetskaya	21-17, 22-20[17]	Gold
2	2011	Ramenskoe Junior International	Doubles	Rituparna Das	Evgeniya Kosetskaya, Viktoriya Varabyova	21-15, 18-21, 11-21[18][19]	Bronze
3	2012	Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior International	Singles	N/A	Rituparna Das	21-19, 21-14[20]	Gold
4	2012	Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior International	Doubles	Poorvisha S. Ram	J. Meghana, K. Maneesha	21-12, 18-21, 21-19[21]	Gold
5	2013	Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior International	Singles	N/A	Liang Xiaoyu	16-21, 21-16, 21-13[22]	Gold
6	2014	Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior International	Singles	N/A	Karthik Reshma	11-3, 11-1, 11-9[23]	Gold
7	2015	Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior International	Singles	N/A	Supamart Mingchua	21-9, 21-6[24]	Gold

     Junior International Grand Prix

     Junior International Series

International Achievements (Sub-Junior)

International Sub-Junior Medals (4)

S. No.	Year	Tournament	Format	Partner	Opponents/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[25]	Bronze
2	2010	Li-Ning Singapore Youth International	Doubles	Poorvisha. S. Ram	Shella Devi Aulia, Anggia Shitta Awanda	16-21, 14-21[26]	Silver
3	2011	Badminton Asia Youth U17 & U15 Championships	Singles	N/A	Akane Yamaguchi	21-17, 13-21, 18-21[27]	Silver
4	2011	DJARUM SIRNAS REG.IV FLY POWER PERTAMINA JATIM OPEN	Doubles	Sanjana Santosh	Cynthia Shara Ayunidha, Rahmadhani Hastiyanti Putri	18-21, 21-17, 10-21[28]	Silver

     Continental Junior Championships

International Career overview

Singles Played Wins Losses Balance Total* 124 89 35 +54 Current year (2016)* 29 18 11 +7

Doubles Played Wins Losses Balance Total* 14 7 7 0 Current year (2016)* 0 0 0 0

Mixed Doubles Played Wins Losses Balance Total* 7 4 3 +1 Current year (2016)* 0 0 0 0

* Statistics were last updated on 30 November 2016.^[29]

Singles Titles

Type	No. of titles
Super Series Premier	-
Super Series	-
Grand Prix Gold	-
Grand Prix	1
International Challenge	2
International Series	-
Others	1
Total	4

National Achievements

National Sub-Junior/Junior/Senior Medals (31)

S. No.	Year	Tournament	Age group	Format	Partner(s)	Opponent(s)/Opponent(s) in final	Score	Result
1	2008	22nd Sub-Junior Mini National Badminton Championships, Patna	Under 13	Singles	N/A	Rituparna Das	9-21, 13-21 [30]	Silver
2	2008	22nd Sub-Junior Mini National Badminton Championships, Patna	Under 13	Doubles	Rituparna Das	V. Harika, Karthik Reshma	[31]	Gold
3	2009	23rd Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, Jaipur	Under 13	Singles	N/A	Karishma Wadkar	21-13, 21-16[32]	Gold
4	2009	23rd Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, Jaipur	Under 13	Doubles	V. Harika	Akshaya Warang, Karishma Wadkar	21-16, 21-8[33]	Gold
5	2009	23rd Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, Jaipur	Under 16	Doubles	Poorvisha S Ram	K. Maneesha, P. V. Sindhu	19-21, 17-21 [34]	Silver
6	2009	18th CBSE National Badminton Championships, Mohali	Under 14	Singles	N/A	Tamal Salvi	[35]	Gold
7	2010	24th Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, Hyderabad	Under 16	Singles	N/A	P. V. Sindhu	13-21, 17-21[36]	Silver
8	2010	24th Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, Hyderabad	Under 16	Doubles	Poorvisha. S. Ram	K. Maneesha, P. V. Sindhu	19-21, 17-21[37]	Silver
9	2011	25th Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, New Delhi	Under 15	Singles	N/A	G. Vrushali	21-19, 21-15[38]	Gold
10	2011	25th Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, New Delhi	Under 15	Doubles	Sanjana Santosh	Lalita Katre, Karishma Wadkar	21-11, 22-20[39]	Gold
11	2012	36th Junior National Badminton Championships, Jaipur	Under 17	Doubles	Poorvisha S. Ram	J. Meghana, K. Maneesha	21-7, 21-9[40]	Gold
12	2012	36th Junior National Badminton Championships, Jaipur	Under 19	Mixed Doubles	B. Venkatesh	K. Srikanth, K. Maneesha	21-19, 21-19[41]	Gold
13	2012	37th Junior National Badminton Championships, Imphal	Under 17	Singles	N/A	Reshma Karthik	21-13, 21-23, 21-16[42]	Gold
14	2012	37th Junior National Badminton Championships, Imphal	Under 19	Singles	N/A	Rituparna Das	21-17, 21-5[43]	Gold
15	2012	37th Junior National Badminton Championships, Imphal	Under 19	Doubles	Poorvisha S. Ram	J. Meghana, K. Maneesha	21-10, 21-12[44]	Gold
16	2012	37th Inter State - Inter Zonal Badminton Championships, Imphal	Under 19	Team Event	J. Meghana, K. Maneesha	West Bengal	[45]	Gold
17	2013	38th Junior National Badminton Championships, Chandigarh	Under 17	Singles	N/A	Karishma Wadkar	21-19, 21-14[46]	Gold
18	2013	38th Junior National Badminton Championships, Chandigarh	Under 19	Singles	N/A	Rituparna Das	14-21, 7-21[47]	Silver
19	2013	38th Inter State - Inter Zonal Badminton Championships, Chandigarh	Under 19	Team Event	Rituparna Das, J. Meghana	Air India	[48]	Gold
20	2014	39th Inter State - Inter Zonal Badminton Championships, Patna	Under 19	Team Event	Rituparna Das, G. Vrushali, K. Sri Krishna Priya	N/A	N/A	Gold
21	2014	39th Junior National Badmintion Championships, Patna	Under 19	Singles	N/A	Rituparna Das	19-21, 19-21[49]	Silver
22	2014	39th Junior National Badmintion Championships, Patna	Under 19	Doubles	Rituparna Das	Reshma Karthik, Sanjana Santosh	21-11, 21-17[50]	Gold
23	2015	Air Costa 70th Inter State - Inter Zonal Badminton Championships, Vijayawada	Senior	Team Event	Rituparna Das, J. Meghana, K. Maneesha	PSPB	[51]	Silver
24	2015	79th Senior National Badminton Championships, Vijayawada	Senior	Singles	N/A	Rituparna Das	21-13, 21-13[52]	Gold
25	2015	79th Senior National Badminton Championships, Vijayawada	Senior	Doubles	Rituparna Das	Pradnya Gadre, N. Siki Reddy	16-21, 13-21[53][54]	Bronze
26	2015	35th National Games Kerala, Ernakulam	Senior	Team Event	Rituparna Das, N. Siki Reddy, J. Meghana	Kerala	[55]	Gold
27	2015	35th National Games Kerala, Ernakulam	Senior	Singles	N/A	P. C. Thulasi	21-18, 11-21, 10-21[56][57]	Bronze
28	2016	71st Inter State - Inter Zonal Senior National Badminton Championships, Chandigarh	Senior	Mixed Team	N/A	AAI	[58]	Gold
29	2016	80th Senior National Badminton Championships, Chandigarh	Senior	Singles	N/A	P. C. Thulasi	21-10, 18-21, 18-21[59][60]	Bronze
30	2016	37th Inter - Unit PSPB Badminton Tournament, Hyderabad	Senior	Team Event	P. V. Sindhu, Jwala Gutta	ONGC	[61]	Gold
31	2016	37th Inter - Unit PSPB Badminton Tournament, Hyderabad	Senior	Singles	N/A	Rituparna Das	21-13, 21-17[62]	Gold

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