Shruti Kurien

Shruti Kurien (born 28 March 1983) is an Indian badminton player. She along with partner Jwala Gutta won the National women's doubles championship in 2000 and 2002–2008. She was the gold medalists at the 2004, 2006 and 2010 South Asian Games in the women's doubles and team events, also won mixed team bronze at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Kurien won the women's doubles Grand Prix title at 2008 Bulgaria Open. She was formerly married to Nikhil Kanetkar, another National badminton champion from Maharashtra, although the two are now divorced.

Achievements

South Asian Games Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2004 Rodham Hall,Islamabad, Pakistan Jwala Gutta Fathima Nazneen Manjusha Kanwar 15–6, 15–3 Gold Gold 2006 Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium,Colombo, Sri Lanka Jwala Gutta Aparna Balan B. R. Meenakshi 18–21, 23–21, 21–12 Gold Gold 2010 Wooden-Floor Gymnasium,Dhaka, Bangladesh Aparna Balan P. C. Thulasi Ashwini Ponnappa 21–19, 22–20 Gold Gold

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.

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2008 Bulgaria Open Jwala Gutta Shendy Puspa Irawati Meiliana Jauhari 21–11, 21–19 Winner 2009 Australian Open Aparna Balan Chia Chi Huang He Tian Tang 13–21, 19–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2009 India Grand Prix Tarun Kona Arun Vishnu Aparna Balan 14–21, 21–17, 19–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2004 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Jwala Gutta Petya Nedelcheva Anastasia Russkikh 11–15, 6–15 Runner-up 2004 Syed Modi India International Jwala Gutta Anita Raj Kaur Wong Mew Choo 15–5, 17–15 Winner 2006 Sri Lanka Satellite Jwala Gutta Haw Chiou Hwee Lim Yin Loo 21–15, 14–21, 22–20 Winner 2006 India Satellite Jwala Gutta Jung Youn-kyung Kim Min-jung 18–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2007 Cyprus International Jwala Gutta Ragna Ingolfsdottir Kati Tolmoff 21–12, 21–13 Winner 2007 Pakistan International Jwala Gutta Renu Hettiarachchige Thilini Jayasinghe 21–13, 21–14 Winner 2007 Tata Open India International Jwala Gutta Aparna Balan Jyotshna Polavarapu 21–11, 21–8 Winner 2008 Nepal International Jwala Gutta Kalita Anjali Jyotshna Polavarapu 21–6, 21–8 Winner 2009 Spanish Open Aparna Balan Line Damkjær Kruse Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen 14–21, 21–17, 15–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2008 Nepal International J. B. S. Vidyadhar Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta 12–21, 15–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament