Krishnaprasad Sai Pratheek (born 3 May 2000) is an Indian badminton player.[1] He was part of the team that won a silver medal at the men's team event at the 2022 Asian Games.[2]

K. Sai Pratheek
Personal information
Nickname(s)SPK
Birth nameKrishnaprasad Sai Pratheek
CountryIndia
Born (2000-05-03) 3 May 2000 (age 23)
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
HandednessRight
CoachPullela Gopichand
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking42 (MD with Ishaan Bhatnagar, 22 November 2022)
63 (XD with Tanisha Crasto, 17 October 2023)
Current ranking67 (XD with Tanisha Crasto, 21 November 2023)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  India
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Men's team
BWF profile

Achievements edit

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up) edit

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[3] 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, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[4]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2023 Odisha Masters Super 100   Krishna Prasad Garaga   Lin Bing-wei
  Su Ching-heng
22–20, 18–21, 17–21   Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 5 runners-up) edit

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2021 Ukraine International   Ishaan Bhatnagar   Junaidi Arif
  Muhammad Haikal
15–21, 21–19, 15–21   Runner-up
2021 Polish International   Ishaan Bhatnagar   Rory Easton
  Zach Russ
21–18, 27–25   Winner
2022 India Chattisgarh International   Ishaan Bhatnagar   Krishna Prasad Garaga
  Vishnu Vardhan Goud Panjala
17–21, 21–15, 23–21   Winner
2023 Bahrain International   Krishna Prasad Garaga   Kazuki Shibata
  Naoki Yamada
21–16, 17–21, 15–21   Runner-up
2024 Iran Fajr International   Krishna Prasad Garaga   Job Castillo
  Luis Montoya
21–18, 21–19   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Maldives International   K. Ashwini Bhat   Chaloempon Charoenkitamorn
  Chasinee Korepap
11–21, 15–21   Runner-up
2021 India International   Gayatri Gopichand   Ishaan Bhatnagar
  Tanisha Crasto
16–21, 19–21   Runner-up
2022 India International   Ashwini Ponnappa   Rohan Kapoor
  N. Sikki Reddy
21–16, 11–21, 21–18   Winner
2023 Nantes International   Tanisha Crasto   Mads Vestergaard
  Christine Busch
21–14, 14–21, 17–21   Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References edit

  1. ^ "Sai PRATHEEK.K | Profile". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  2. ^ Asian Games Results (PDF) (Report). Asian Games, Hangzhou 2022. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  3. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  4. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links edit