CWG Medalist B. Sumeeth Reddy Announces Retirement from Badminton.

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In March 2025, India's doubles badminton specialist B. Sumeeth Reddy, a 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG) mixed team silver medalist, announced his retirement from professional badminton to focus on coaching. At the time of his retirement, he held the world badminton ranking of 25.


      - He represented India at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games, won the 2015 Mexico City Grand Prix and the 2016 Canada Open titles, and was a runner-up at the 2015 US Open and Dutch Open.

      - He secured gold medals in men's doubles with Manu Attri at the 2016 South Asian Games in Meghalaya (India) and the 2019 South Asian Games in Kathmandu (Nepal).

      - In 2017, he won a silver medal at the Syed Modi International in India, partnering with Ashwini Ponnappa.

Main Point :-   (i) B. Sumeeth Reddy won a silver medal in the mixed team event at the 2022 CWG held in Birmingham, England.

      (ii) B. Sumeeth Reddy, who established the Sikki Sumeeth Badminton Academy in Hyderabad in 2021, is also a member of India's coaching panel and has been entrusted with mentoring the women's doubles players.


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