Sanave Thomas

Sanave Thomas Arattukulam (born 21 May 1980) is an Indian badminton player. He won bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in mixed team event. He was the gold medalists at the 2006 and 2010 South Asian Games in the men's doubles and team events, also won silver medal in the mixed doubles in 2010.

Achievements

South Asian Games Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2006 Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium,Colombo, Sri Lanka Rupesh Kumar K. T. Thushara Edirisinghe Duminda Jayakody 21–16, 21–10 Gold Gold 2010 Wooden-Floor Gymnasium,Dhaka, Bangladesh Rupesh Kumar K. T. Chetan Anand V. Diju 21–19, retired Gold Gold

Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2010 Wooden-Floor Gymnasium,Dhaka, Bangladesh Aparna Balan V. Diju Ashwini Ponnappa 11–21, 15–21 Silver Silver

BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2008 Dutch Open Rupesh Kumar K. T. Fran Kurniawan Rendra Wijaya 18–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2009 Australian Open Rupesh Kumar K. T. Gan Teik Chai Tan Bin Shen 13–21, 11–21 Runner-up 2009 New Zealand Open Rupesh Kumar K. T. Hirokatsu Hashimoto Noriyasu Hirata 21–16, 15–21, 21–13 Winner 2009 Bitburger Open Rupesh Kumar K. T. Chris Adcock Andrew Ellis 17–21, 22–20, 24–22 Winner 2010 India Open Rupesh Kumar K. T. Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari 12–21, 20–22 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2000 Hungarian International V. Diju José Antonio Crespo Sergio Llopis 17–14, 15–7 Winner 2004 Syed Modi International Rupesh Kumar K. T. V. Diju Jaseel P. Ismail 15–12, 15–8 Winner 2004 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Rupesh Kumar K. T. Kristof Hopp Ingo Kindervater 15–7, 15–13 Winner 2004 India Satellite Rupesh Kumar K. T. V. Diju Jaseel P. Ismail 9–15, 1–15 Runner-up 2005 Surabaya Satellite Rupesh Kumar K. T. Tri Kusharjanto Bambang Suprianto 9–15, 12–15 Runner-up 2005 India Satellite Rupesh Kumar K. T. V. Diju Jaseel P. Ismail 17–14, 15–7 Winner 2006 India Satellite Rupesh Kumar K. T. Chan Peng Soon Chang Hun Pin 19–21, 21–8, 22–20 Winner 2008 Croatian International Rupesh Kumar K. T. Jakub Bitman Zvonimir Đurkinjak 21–9, 21–14 Winner 2008 Portugal International Rupesh Kumar K. T. Ruud Bosch Koen Ridder 19–21, 20–22 Runner-up 2009 Bahrain International Aneesh Aneefa Kannangayath Ebrahim Jaffer Al Sayed Jaffer Heri Setiawan 21–16, 21–14 Winner 2010 Bahrain International Rupesh Kumar K. T. Bennet Antony Anchery Alwin Francis 21–7, 16–21, 21–14 Winner 2011 Bahrain International Rupesh Kumar K. T. Andrei Adistia Christopher Rusdianto 21–14, 17–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2011 Tata Open India International Rupesh Kumar K. T. Pranav Chopra Akshay Dewalkar 21–19, 17–21, 21–23 Runner-up 2012 Austrian International Rupesh Kumar K. T. Hiroyuki Saeki Ryota Taohata 23–21, 22–20 Winner 2012 Bahrain International Rupesh Kumar K. T. K. Nandagopal Jishnu Sanyal 21–18, 19–21, 21–18 Winner 2013 Bahrain International Rupesh Kumar K. T. V. Diju K. Nandagopal 17–21, 21–12, 19–21 Runner-up 2013 Bahrain International Challenge Rupesh Kumar K. T. V. Diju K. Nandagopal Walkover Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2013 Bahrain International Challenge Prajakta Sawant V. Diju N. Siki Reddy 19–21, 21–14, 23–23 retired Winner BWF International Challenge tournament` BWF International Series tournament