B. R. Sankeerth (born 22 December 1997) is an Indian-born Canadian badminton player. Sankeerth started playing badminton when he was young in Karnataka, India. He had shown his potential as a badminton player by finishing as a runner-up at the U-13 SBM State-ranking junior badminton championship. He clinched two titles at the 2011 Indiranagar 5-Star State-ranking badminton tournament, and was selected to represent India at the 2014 World Junior Championships.
Sankeerth now is part of the Canadian national team. He was a semi-finalist at the BWF Grand Prix event the 2016 Brazil Open in the men's doubles event with Toby Ng - also the runners-up at the 2016 Yonex / K&D Graphics International in the men's doubles event - and in 2017 in the men's singles event.
Achievements
Pan Am Championships Men's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2021 Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, Guatemala City, Guatemala Brian Yang 21–19, 9–21, 9–21 Bronze
BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 3 runners-up) Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2017 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Lu Chia-hung 21–14, 15–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2018 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Phillips Jap 19–21, 21–19, 21–13 Winner 2019 Peru Future Series Brian Yang 12–21, 21–11, 21–19 Winner 2021 Lithuanian International Alex Lanier 21–18, 21–23, 15–21 Runner-up
Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2016 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Nyl Yakura Frederik Colberg Rasmus Fladberg 8–21, 21–18, 6–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament
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