Sourabh Verma (born 30 December 1992) is an Indian

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player. He is a three time men's singles title Champion at the Indian National Championships. Verma reached a career high world ranking of no. 28 in December 2019.

Career overview

Sourabh Verma started his career in badminton at the young age introduced by his father Sudhir Verma. In 2011, he won the Indian National Championships in the senior singles category. Verma won his first international title by winning the Bahrain International Challenge. In the same year, he was the runner-up at India Open Grand Prix Gold after losing to the former Olympic champion

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. In 2012, Sourabh Verma reached a career high of no. 30 in the world ranking, with the best results throughout the year were the quarter finalists at the

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and Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold, also at the China Masters Superseries. Sourabh Verma won back-to-back international titles in 2013 and 2014. First of them being 2013 Tata International Challenge held at

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where he defeated

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Verma grabbed the next title at 2014 Iran Fajr International Challenge beating Alrie Guna Dharma and the 3rd title in the row was taken by becoming the champion at the 2014 Austrian International Challenge causing an upset to his higher ranked opponent

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. Sourabh Verma also finished as the runner-up in a neck to neck match with

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at the 2014 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold. He represented his country competed at the 2014 Asian Games. In 2015, he finished as the runner-up at the

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lost to his younger brother

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in straight games. He also was the runners-up at the 2016 Belgian International, Polish International, and

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. In October 2016, he clinched the Grand Prix title at the

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, after his opponent

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retired in the third game due to a shoulder injury. In 2017, he won his second title at the Indian National Championships. In the international event, his best results were the quarter finalists at the Syed Modi International and

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. In 2018, he won the BWF Tour Super 100 level tournaments in

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and Dutch Open. He participated at the

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in Jakarta. In February 2019, Sourabh Verma won his third title at the Indian National Championships.

Achievements

BWF World Tour (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

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BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 3 runners-up)

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. ''Men's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 3 runners-up)

''Men's singles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Verma, Sourabh 1992 births Living people People from Dhar Racket sportspeople from Madhya Pradesh Indian male badminton players Indian national badminton champions Badminton players at the 2014 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for India