S. Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian (born 13 January 2004) is an Indian badminton player from Tamil Nadu. He is a former world junior number 1 in the boys' singles.
Subramanian is from Chennai. He trains under Aravindan Samiappan at the Fireball Badminton Academy in Chennai which he joined in 2009.
At the age of 17, he reached the finals of a senior tournament, the 2021 Uganda International. In November 2022, he won the silver medal at the 2022 World Junior Championships at Santander, Spain.
In 2021, he won the Junior White Nights tournament in Russia. In the same year, he also won the Iran Junior international series.
In March 2025, being ranked only 64th in the world, he beat the then world No. 2 Anders Antonsen 18-21, 21-12, 21-5 in 66 minutes.
Achievements
World Junior Championships Boys' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref 2022 Palacio de Deportes de Santander, Santander, Spain Kuo Kuan-lin 14–21, 20–22 Silver
BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 2 runners-up) Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref 2021 Uganda International Varun Kapur 18–21, 21–16, 17–21 Runner-up 2023 Luxembourg Open Ade Resky Dwicahyo 21–11, 21–19 Winner 2023 Scottish Open Mads Christophersen 16–21, 14–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament
BWF Junior International (2 titles) Boys' singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2021 Russian Junior International Saneeth Dayanand 21–10, 21–13 Winner 2022 Iran Junior International Ali Hayati 21–17, 21–17 Winner BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament BWF Junior International Challenge tournament BWF Junior International Series tournament BWF Junior Future Series tournament
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