Jaseel P. Ismail
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Jaseel P. Ismail is a former badminton
player from Kozhikode city
of Kerala
, India
. He, arguably, is one of India's finest ever doubles players.
, partnering George Thomas
, Vijaydeep Singh, and Vincent Lobo. He also won two National mixed-doubles titles with Manjusha Kanwar
as partner. Jaseel, partnering V. Diju
, won the doubles title at Indian Asian Satellite 2004 held at Hyderabad. In the final the pair beat Rupesh Kumar and Sanave Thomas 15-9, 15-1. In the same year, Jaseel and Diju pair also reached the semifinals at Cheers Asian Satellite, Singapore
. They upset second seeds Kovit Phisetsarasai and Nitipong Saengsila of Thailand
in the men's doubles quarterfinals with a score of 15-7, 15-8. In the semifinal they went down fighting to third-seeded Lin Woon Fui
and Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari
of Malaysia.
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
player from Kozhikode city
Kozhikode
Kozhikode During Classical antiquity and the Middle Ages, Kozhikkode was dubbed the "City of Spices" for its role as the major trading point of eastern spices. Kozhikode was once the capital of an independent kingdom of the same name and later of the erstwhile Malabar District...
of Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. He, arguably, is one of India's finest ever doubles players.
Career
During his long career, Jaseel won five doubles titles at Indian National Badminton ChampionshipsIndian National Badminton Championships
The Indian National Badminton Championships is a tournament organized to crown the best badminton players in India since 1934.Until into the 1960s years were open the championships and also foreign players could play the championships. That is why the Dane Erland Kops is in the winner lists.-21st...
, partnering George Thomas
George Thomas (badminton)
George Thomas is a former badminton player from Kerala, India. He won the National Singles title in 1990 and the doubles title with Jaseel P. Ismail in 1992. He was a member of the Indian team that won a silver medal in the 1998 Commonwealth Games...
, Vijaydeep Singh, and Vincent Lobo. He also won two National mixed-doubles titles with Manjusha Kanwar
Manjusha Kanwar
Manjusha Kanwar is a female badminton player from India.-Career:Manjusha Kanwar won the national championships in India for the first time in 1991. Nine more titles followed until 2002...
as partner. Jaseel, partnering V. Diju
Valiyaveetil Diju
Valiyaveetil Diju is an Indian badminton player from Kozhikode, Kerala. He along with partner Jwala Gutta is the current National mixed-doubles champions and the pair is currently ranked 7th in the world by Badminton World Federation.-Career:Diju started his career by representing Calicut...
, won the doubles title at Indian Asian Satellite 2004 held at Hyderabad. In the final the pair beat Rupesh Kumar and Sanave Thomas 15-9, 15-1. In the same year, Jaseel and Diju pair also reached the semifinals at Cheers Asian Satellite, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
. They upset second seeds Kovit Phisetsarasai and Nitipong Saengsila of Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
in the men's doubles quarterfinals with a score of 15-7, 15-8. In the semifinal they went down fighting to third-seeded Lin Woon Fui
Lin Woon Fui
Lin Woon Fui is a Malaysian badminton player who's best ranked 4th in the world in doubles badminton in year 2006. His regular doubles' partner is Gan Teik Chai...
and Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari
Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari
Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari is a male badminton player from Malaysia.-2007:Mohd Fairuzizuan played at the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's doubles with Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif...
of Malaysia.