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The 2022 BWF World Tour season will kick off with the India Open in New Delhi. The World Tour Super 500 will be played from 11 January to 16 January at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall, Indira Gandhi Stadium. Players from around the globe will be competing at the event for a whopping prize of USD400000. The tournament is being held after two years as the previous edition was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. India will have participation in all the categories. Big names like PV Sindhu Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen, Loh Kean Yew, Saina Nehwal will feature in their respective categories.

Tournament Details

Name: Yonex Sunrise India Open 2022

Date: 11-16 January

Venue: KD Jadhav Indoor Hall, Indira Gandhi Stadium, New Delhi

Prize Money: USD 400,000

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Seeded Entries from India

Men's Singles

Kidambi Srikanth (Top Seed, to open match against compatriot Siril Verma)

Sai Praneeth (Second Seed, to open match against Spain's Luís Enrique Penalver)

Lakshya Sen (Third seed, to open match against Egypt's Adham Hatem Elgamal)

Sameer Verma( Sixth seed, to open match against compatriot Saurabh Verma)

HS Prannoy (Eighth seed, to open match against Spain's Pablo Abian)

Women's Singles

PV Sindhu  (Top seed, to open match against compatriot Shri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli)

Saina Nehwal (Fourth seed, to open match against Czech Republic's Tereza ŠVÁBÍKOVÁ)

Men's Doubles

Sattwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty  (Second seed, to open match against compatriot Ravi/Chirag Arora)

Attri Manu/B Sumeeth Reddy (Fifth seed, to open match against Norway's Torjus FLAATTEN/Vegard RIKHEIM)

M.R. Arjun/Dhruv Kapila (Sixth seed, to open match against Malaysia's Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub AZRIYN/LIM Khim Wah)

Krishna Prasad Garaga/Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala (Seventh seed, to open match against Singapore's HEE Yong Kai Terry/LOH Kean Hean)

Women's Doubles

Ashwini Ponappa/N Sikki Reddy (Second seed, to open match against compatriot Janani ANANTHAKUMAR/Divya R.BALASUBRAMANIAN)

Ashwini Bhatt/Shikha Gautam (Eighth seed, to open match against compatriot (Daksha GAUTAM/Anubha KAUSHIK)

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Mixed Doubles 

Dhruv Kapila/Reddy N. Sikki (Seventh seed, to open match against compatriot Chirag ARORA/Nishu RAPRIA)

Venkat Gaurav Prasad/Juhi Dewangan (Eighth seed, to open match against Malaysia's WONG Tien Ci/LIM Chiew Sien)

Where can you watch India Open 2022 Live? 

The tournament will be live broadcast on Star Sports Network. however, only the Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Finals will be available to watch. It can be live-streamed on Star's OTT platform Disney+Hotstar. Users can also catch all the latest updates on www.sportstiger.com.