Sourabh Verma Explained

Sourabh Verma
Country:India
Birth Date:30 December 1992
Birth Place:Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, India
Residence:Hyderabad, India
Height:5feet
Handedness:Right
Coach:Pullela Gopichand
Event:Men's singles
Highest Ranking:28
Date Of Highest Ranking:17 December 2019[1]
Current Ranking:65
Date Of Current Ranking:11 October 2022
Bwf Id:E5384E08-D2A5-4913-A8C8-A04DE72085AB

Sourabh Verma (born 30 December 1992) is an Indian badminton player.[2] 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.[1]

Career overview

Sourabh Verma started his career in badminton at the young age introduced by his father Sudhir Verma.[2] In 2011, he won the Indian National Championships in the senior singles category.[3] 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 Taufik Hidayat.[4]

In 2012, Sourabh Verma reached a career high of no. 30 in the world ranking,[2] with the best results throughout the year were the quarter finalists at the Malaysia and Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold, also at the China Masters Superseries.[5] [6]

Sourabh Verma won back-to-back international titles in 2013 and 2014. First of them being 2013 Tata International Challenge held at Mumbai where he defeated Prannoy H. S.[7] 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 Hsu Jen-hao.[8] Sourabh Verma also finished as the runner-up in a neck to neck match with Simon Santoso at the 2014 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold. He represented his country competed at the 2014 Asian Games.[9] [10]

In 2015, he finished as the runner-up at the Tata Open India International lost to his younger brother Sameer Verma in straight games.[11] He also was the runners-up at the 2016 Belgian International, Polish International, and Bitburger Open.[12] In October 2016, he clinched the Grand Prix title at the Chinese Taipei Masters, after his opponent Liew Daren retired in the third game due to a shoulder injury.[13]

In 2017, he won his second title at the Indian National Championships.[14] In the international event, his best results were the quarter finalists at the Syed Modi International and New Zealand Open.[15] In 2018, he won the BWF Tour Super 100 level tournaments in Russian Open and Dutch Open.[16] He participated at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta.[10]

In February 2019, Sourabh Verma won his third title at the Indian National Championships.[17]

Achievements

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

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[18] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[19]

Men's singles

YearTournamentLevelOpponentScoreResult
2018Russian OpenSuper 100 Koki Watanabe18–21, 21–12, 21–17 Winner
2018Dutch OpenSuper 100 Cheam June Wei21–19, 21–13 Winner
2019Hyderabad OpenSuper 100 Loh Kean Yew21–13, 14–21, 21–16 Winner
2019Vietnam OpenSuper 100 Sun Feixiang21–12, 17–21, 21–14 Winner
2019Syed Modi InternationalSuper 300 Wang Tzu-wei15–21, 17–21 Runner-up

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

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2011India Grand Prix Gold Taufik Hidayat15–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2014Malaysia Grand Prix Gold Simon Santoso21–15, 16–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2016Chinese Taipei Masters Liew Daren12–10, 12–10, 3–3 retired Winner
2016Bitburger Open Shi Yuqi19–21, 20–22 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

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

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2011Bahrain International Prannoy H. S.25–23, 21–12 Winner
2013Tata Open India International Prannoy H. S.21–12, 21–17 Winner
2014Iran Fajr International Alrie Guna Dharma21–13, 21–11 Winner
2014Austrian International Andre Kurniawan Tedjono21–11, 21–23, 21–18 Winner
2015Tata Open India International Sameer Verma11–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2016Belgian International Lucas Corvée19–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2016Polish International Victor Svendsen27–29, 13–21 Runner-up
2019Slovenian International Minoru Koga21–17, 21–12 Winner
2022India International Mithun Manjunath21–18, 17–21, 21–16 Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sourabh Verma ranking history . Badminton World Federation . 20 January 2021 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210120102343/https://bwfbadminton.com/player/25925/sourabh-verma/ranking-history . 20 January 2021.
  2. Web site: Sourabh Verma Biography . sportskeeda.com . . 14 September 2019.
  3. News: Sourabh Verma is new national badminton champion. 16 August 2012. The Times of India. 25 January 2012.
  4. Web site: Indonesia’s Taufik Hidayat defeated Sourabh Verma to win the $120000 India Open Grand Prix . www.jagranjosh.com . Jagran Prakashan Ltd . 26 December 2011 . 14 September 2019.
  5. Web site: Saina in semis, Indian men crash out of Thailand Open . www.newindianexpress.com . . 9 June 2012 . 14 September 2019.
  6. Web site: China Masters 2012 Results: Sindhu and Jayaram Shine . newschoupal.com . 15 September 2012 . 14 September 2019.
  7. Web site: Sourabh Varma overcomes Prannoy to win Tata Open crown. 24 January 2015. Times of India.
  8. Web site: Back-to-back titles for Sourabh Varma. 24 January 2015. Times of India.
  9. Web site: Men's Team - Entry List by Event. Incheon 2014 official website. 10 July 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150711061239/https://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/BD/EntryListByEvent/?RSC=BDM400000&lang=en. 11 July 2015.
  10. Web site: Dhar's Verma brothers create badminton history . dbpost.com . . 18 June 2018 . 14 September 2019.
  11. Web site: Badminton: Sameer Verma downs elder sibling to clinch Tata Open title . www.news18.com . . 13 December 2015 . 14 September 2019.
  12. Web site: Bitburger Open: Despite valiant effort, Sourabh Verma loses in final to Shi Yuqi . www.firstpost.com . . 7 November 2016 . 14 September 2019.
  13. Web site: Chinese Taipei Masters: Sourabh Verma defeats Malaysia's Daren Liew to win title . www.firstpost.com . . 16 October 2016 . 14 September 2019.
  14. Web site: Badminton Nationals: Sourabh Varma beats Lakshya Sen in final, Rituparna Das clinches women’s title . www.firstpost.com . . 8 February 2017 . 14 September 2019.
  15. Web site: New Zealand Open: Indian challenge ends with HS Prannoy, Sourabh Verma out in quarter-finals . www.indiatoday.in . . 4 August 2017 . 14 September 2019.
  16. Web site: Badminton: Sourabh Verma wins Dutch Open to bag second BWF title of the year . scroll.in . 15 October 2018 . 14 September 2019.
  17. Web site: Sourabh Verma defeats Lakshya Sen to claim third national title . sportstar.thehindu.com . . 16 February 2019 . 14 September 2019.
  18. Web site: Alleyne . Gayle . BWF Launches New Events Structure . . 19 March 2017 . 29 November 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201164159/http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ . 1 December 2017.
  19. Web site: Sukumar . Dev . Action-Packed Season Ahead! . Badminton World Federation . 10 January 2018 . 15 January 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180113162925/http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ . 13 January 2018.