2014 was a fabulous year for Indian badminton. There are two singles players in Top 5 of World Badminton Ranking at the end of the year. Seven men’s singles players are part of Top 50 of World Badminton Ranking. The year also saw seven men’s singles winners in eight different tournaments, four women’s singles winners in five different tournaments.
The Women team won bronze in Uber Cup and the Asian games 2014. We hope the Men’s team follow it in coming years.
Below is the list of top 4 indian badminton players (teams) in various 2014 tournaments.
2014 TOURNAMENT | CATEGORY | PLAYERS (seed) | STANDING |
Sayed Modi Indian Grand Prix Gold | MS | K Srikanth (6) | Silver |
H.S Prannoy | 3/4 | ||
Prakash Aditya | |||
WS | Nehwal Saina (1) | Gold | |
PV Sindhu (2) | Silver | ||
Iran Fajr International Challenge | MS | Verma Sourabh (2) | Gold |
WD | Sawant Prajakta/Sara Sunil Aarthi (4) | 3/4 | |
Austrian International Challenge | MS | Verma Sourabh (5) | Gold |
Yonex German Open | MS | Bhat Arvind | Gold |
Swiss Open | MS | Kashyap Parupalli (3) | 3/4 |
WS | PV Sindhu | 3/4 | |
Yonex Sunrise Malaysia GPG | MS | Verma Sourabh (8) | Silver |
OUE Singapore Open | MS | K Srikanth | 3/4 |
Skycity New Zealand Open | MS | Bhat Arvind (5) | 3/4 |
Badminton Asia Championship | WS | PV Sindhu | 3/4 |
WD | Gutta Jwala/Ponappa Ashwini | 3/4 | |
Srilanka Open International Challenge | MS | Pawar Anand (2) | Silver |
H.S. Prannoy (1) | 3/4 | ||
MD | Attri Manu / B Reddy Sumeeth (2) | Silver | |
WS | PC Thulasi (6) | Gold | |
WD | Gadre Pradnya/Reddy Sikki (4) | Silver | |
XD | Gadre Pradnya/Dewalkar Akshay (4) | Gold | |
Sawant Prajakta/Vountus Indra Mawan* | Silver | ||
Vishnu Arun/Balan Aparna (2) | 3/4 | ||
Bahrain International Series | MS | Dey Subhankar (2) | Gold |
WS | Pillai Riya (1) | Gold | |
The Star Australian Open | WS | Nehwal Saina (6) | Gold |
Commonwealth Games 2014 | MS | Parupalli Kashyap | Gold |
RMV Gurusai Dutt | Bronze | ||
WS | PV Sindhu | Bronze | |
WD | Gutta Jwala/Ponnappa Ashwini | Silver | |
OUE Singapore International Series | XD | Sawant Prajakta/Vountus Indra Mawan* (2) | 3/4 |
Li Ning BWF World Championship | WS | PV Sindhu (11) | 3/4 |
Yonex Sunrise Vietnam GP Open | MS | HS Pronnoy (5) | Gold |
Yonex Dutch Open | MS | Jayaram Ajay (13) | Gold |
Yonex Denmark Open | MS | Kashyap Parupalli | 3/4 |
Bitburg Badminton Open | MS | HS Pronnoy (7) | 3/4 |
Thaihot China Open | MS | K Srikanth | Gold |
WS | Nehwal Saina (6) | Gold | |
Scottish Open | MS | Pawar Anand (7) | 3/4 |
WS | Rane Saili | 3/4 | |
Macau Open | MS | HS Prannoy (3) | 3/4 |
WS | PV Sindhu (2) | Gold | |
Yonex Welsh International | WS | Rane Saili (4) | 3/4 |
Bangladesh Open International Challenge | MS | Dey Subhankar (1) | Silver |
MD | Vashist Neeraj/Venkat Gaurav | 3/4 | |
WD | Gadre Pradnya/Reddy Sikki (2) | Gold | |
Mundada Shruti/Pillai Riya | 3/4 | ||
BWF Destination Dubai SS Finals | MS | K Shrikant | 3/4 |
WS | Nehwal Saina | 3/4 |
* Vountus Indra Mawan is a Malayasian player.
The year 2015 seems more interesting with all this facts for the Indian Badminton fan. And moreover with the second edition of Indian Badminton league on the calender, its going to be super packed year.