Rajah Menuri Venkata Gurusaidutt or R. M. V. Gurusaidutt or Gurusai Dutt born (on 1 March 1990) to RMV Bharadwaj and RM Anjana is a

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player from

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. He trains at the

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Gopichand Badminton Academy Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy (PGBA) is a badminton training facility in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Founded in 2008 by the 2001 All England Open Badminton Champion, Pullela Gopichand, the facility trains several badminton players such ...

. He won the gold medal at the

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and the bronze medal at the

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. He competed at the 2014 Asian Games.

Career

Early career

Gurusai Dutt took up

as a sport after watching

Pullela Gopichand Pullela Gopichand (born 16 November 1973) is a former Indian badminton player. Currently, he is the Chief National Coach for the India national badminton team. He won the All England Open Badminton Championships in 2001, becoming the second In ...

, the 2001 All England champion, play at a local stadium. In 2005, he won the sub-junior national doubles title and also qualified for the sub-junior ABC Championship. This, according to him, spurred him to focus entirely on the sport. He started his training with Gopichand. In the international circuit, Gurusai Dutt first appeared in the boys doubles category at the 2006 World Junior Championships. The pair of Gurusai Dutt and K. Tarun progressed only until the second round.

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praised the enthusiastic effort and fighting quality of the pair's game play. He represented

in the team event category, but failed to win his singles match against a

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opponent. Gurusai Dutt won the 2007

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Senior Badminton Championships after defeating the top seed – his first title. He played a vastly superior and controlled game and he looked the better player.

Foray into international circuit

Gurusai Dutt won the bronze medal at the

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that was held in

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. While he was India's National Junior Champion, Gurusai Dutt won the 2008 Dutch Junior International that was held in

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. He became the first Indian to win this title. This win was seen as a good sign for India's chances at the

. Carrying his form into the upcoming tournaments, Gurusai Dutt won the singles title at the Commonwealth Youth Games and Bahrain International Challenge badminton championship by the end of 2008. In 2009, he reached the quarterfinals of the

2009 Denmark Super Series The 2009 Denmark Super Series was a top level badminton competition held from October 20, 2009 to October 25, 2009 in Odense, Denmark. It was the ninth BWF Super Series competition on the 2009 BWF Super Series schedule. Men's singles Seeds # P ...

. At the 2010 Yonex Sunrise India Open Badminton Championships, Gurusai Dutt created an upset in the quarterfinal by defeating former All England Champion,

Muhammad Hafiz Hashim Muhammad Hafiz bin Hashim (born 13 September 1982) is a former Malaysian badminton player whose biggest success is having won the 2003 All England Open Badminton Championships. He is currently the Malaysia national junior under-15 singles coac ...

. Both Hashim and the media reports praised him for his game play. In the same year, Gurusai Dutt represented India at the

South Asian Games The South Asian Games (SAG or SA Games), formerly known as the South Asian Federation Games (SAFG or SAF Games), is a quadrennial multi-sport event held among the athletes from South Asia. The governing body of these games is South Asia Olympic C ...

. He not only won the silver medal in the singles event but also the gold medal in the team event category.

Retirement

Gurusai Dutt announced his retirement from professional badminton through social media on 6 June 2022.

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

''Men's singles''

South Asian Games

''Men's singles''

BWF World Junior Championships

''Boys' singles''

Commonwealth Youth Games

''Boys' singles''

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the

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. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member ...

(BWF) since 2007. ''Men's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Men's singles'' :

BWF International Challenge The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

References

External links

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Profile at the Badminton Association of India
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