Saurabh Sharma

Saurabh Sharma (born 30 December 1997) is an Indian badminton player. He has represented India in BWF International tournaments, having won multiple mixed doubles and men's doubles tournaments. He also became the U-19 Mixed doubles champion in the junior nationals.

Background Sharma spent the early years of his life in Sonipat in Haryana. He started playing badminton at the age of eight and in 2009 he joined the Gopichand Badminton Academy for training.

Career In 2016, Sharma and Parikh won the Nepal International after defeating Venkat Gaurav Prasad and Juhi Dewangan in the final.

In 2017, Sharma and Parikh were runners-up in the Kharkiv International and South Africa International. In 2018, the pair reached the final of the Brazil International but were defeated by Russian pair of Evgenij Dremin of Evgenia Dimova.

Sharma and Parikh won the Kharkiv title in 2018 after they defeated the Polish pair of Paweł Śmiłowski of Magdalena Świerczyńska.

In the Men's doubles category he won the South Africa International in 2017, Jamaica International in 2018 and the Nepal International in 2019.

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2016 Mauritius International Dhruv Kapila Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty 12–21, 16–21 Runner-up2017 South Africa International Tarun Kona Aatish Lubah Julien Paul 21–9, 21–15 Winner 2018 Iran Fajr International Tarun Kona Alwin Francis K. Nandagopal 11–9, 6–11, 11–7, 8–11, 9–11 Runner-up 2018 Jamaica International Tarun Kona Gareth Henry Samuel Ricketts 21–17, 21–17 Winner 2018 Brazil International Tarun Kona Jason Ho-Shue Nyl Yakura 7–21 retired Runner-up 2019 Nepal International Rohan Kapoor Izzat Farhan Azhar Zachary Sia 21–10, 21–12 Winner 2019 Bahrain International Rohan Kapoor Prad Tangsrirapeephan Apichasit Teerawiwat 21–19, 16–21, 22–24 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2016 Nepal International Anoushka Parikh Venkat Gaurav Prasad Juhi Dewangan 14–21, 21–19, 21–19 Winner 2017 Kharkiv International Anoushka Parikh K. Nandagopal Mahima Aggarwal 14–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2017 South Africa International Anoushka Parikh Andries Malan Jennifer Fry 19–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2018 Brazil International Anoushka Parikh Evgenij Dremin Evgenia Dimova 17–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2018 Kharkiv International Anoushka Parikh Paweł Śmiłowski Magdalena Świerczyńska 18–21, 21–19, 22–20 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament