Shruti Kurien


Shruti Kurien 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
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010Wooden-Floor Gymnasium,
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Aparna Balan P. C. Thulasi
Ashwini Ponnappa
21–19, 22–20 Gold
2006Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium,
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Jwala Gutta Aparna Balan
B. R. Meenakshi
18–21, 23–21, 21–12 Gold
2004Rodham Hall,
Islamabad, Pakistan
Jwala Gutta Fathima Nazneen
Manjusha Kanwar
15–6, 15–3 Gold

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

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2009Syed Modi India Open Tarun Kona Arun Vishnu
Aparna Balan
14–21, 21–17, 19–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

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

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008Nepal International J. B. S. Vidyadhar Valiyaveetil Diju
Jwala Gutta
12–21, 15–21 Runner-up