Sanave Thomas


Sanave Thomas Arattukulam is 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
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010Wooden-Floor Gymnasium,
Dhaka, Bangladesh
K. T. Rupesh Kumar Chetan Anand
V. Diju
21–19, Retired Gold
2006Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium,
Colombo, Sri Lanka
K. T. Rupesh Kumar Thushara Edirisinghe
Duminda Jayakody
21–16, 21–10 Gold

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010Wooden-Floor Gymnasium,
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Aparna Balan V. Diju
Ashwini Ponnappa
11–21, 15–21 Silver

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation since 2007.
Men's doubles
Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010India Open K. T. Rupesh Kumar Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari
Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif
12–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2009Bitburger Open K. T. Rupesh Kumar Chris Adcock
Andrew Ellis
17–21, 22–20, 24–22 Winner
2009New Zealand Open K. T. Rupesh Kumar Hirokatsu Hashimoto
Noriyasu Hirata
21–16, 15–21, 21–13 Winner
2009Australian Open K. T. Rupesh Kumar Gan Teik Chai
Tan Bin Shen
13–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2008Dutch Open K. T. Rupesh Kumar Fran Kurniawan
Rendra Wijaya
18–21, 18–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

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

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013Bahrain International Challenge Prajakta Sawant V. Diju
N. Siki Reddy
19–21, 21–14, 23–23 Retired Winner