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Lakshmi Shruti Settipalli is an Indian squash player who has won many titles at both National and International levels. She has played professional squash from the age of 17 and held a world ranking of 162 as of August 2013.
Lakshmi Shruti is born on 12 June 1996 in Chennai, and started playing squash at the age of 12. Her parents are Suresh and Vaishnavi Settipalli. She started her squash career at Madras Cricket Club and then moved her training to the Indian Squash Academy in Chennai under the national coach, Cyrus Poncha. Shruti is a student of Lady Andal School. She has been awarded the 'Athlete of the Year' prize for her performances in National and International squash tournaments. She won a gold for the School in the team category at the All India Punj Lloyds tournament held in Delhi.
Reaching a career high of 20 in European Circuit in 2012, Shruti is a first Indian to win silver in the Slovakia Junior Open. She also won the bronze medal in the Finland Open competition. Other prizes include winning the gold medal in the Chennai Junior Open and silver in the AP Open. She was Top 5 in the Australian Junior, Spanish Junior and Indian Junior competitions.