Career
Anup Sridhar is India"s Thomas Cup captain. Anup"s best year on tour so far was 2007 during which he ended the year as the top Indian badminton player with a ranking of 25. Having reached the semifinals at the German Open and the Asian Badminton Championships and the quarterfinals at the Thailand Open and, most importantly, at the 2007 World Championships, the next year holds much promise for this budding shuttler.
Anup"s performance at the World Championships was rated among the top-10 Indian sporting performances of 2007.
Anup started 2008 by winning the prestigious Pramod Mahajan All-India ranking tournament in New Delhi. He followed that up by reaching the pre-quarterfinals, one round better than last year, of the Proton Malaysia Super Series where he lost to Hyun Il Lee, the eventual runner-up.
He contested in the men"s singles event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He defeated Marco Vasconcelos of Portugal in the round of 64 by 21-16, 21-14.
But in round of 16, he lost to Shoji Sato of Japan by 13-21, 17-21.
Anup is an employee of Bharat Petroleum and is currently sponsored by SLK Software. He uses Li-Ning badminton gear. Anup"s career is managed by the team at GoSports.
Anup Sridhar represented Pune Pistons at the inaugural in 2013, with salary of United States dollar 6,000 dollars. international open.