Nandagopal Kidambi


Nandagopal Kidambi is an Indian badminton player who competes in men's and mixed doubles.

Personal life

He is the elder brother of Srikanth Kidambi, also an Indian international badminton player.

Career

Nandagopal won the mixed doubles title at the 2013 Maldives International partnering K. Maneesha. The same year he won the men's doubles at the Bahrain International with V. Diju and was runner-up at the Bahrain International Challenge, both finals against K. T. Rupesh Kumar / Sanave Thomas. Earlier, he had been men's doubles runner-up at the 2012 Bahrain International Challenge with Jishnu Sanyal.
In 2017, he completed a "double" at the Kharkiv International, winning the men's doubles with Rohan Kapoor and the mixed doubles with Mahima Aggarwal, and was mixed doubles runner-up at the Malaysia International Series with Aggarwal. In 2018 he won the men's doubles crown at the Iran Fajr International Challenge alongside Alwin Francis.
He has also featured in the Premier Badminton League in India, including for Ahmedabad Smash Masters in the 2018–19 season.

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Iran Fajr International