The likes of HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth, and Saina Nehwal will be in action for India Picture Credit: Twitter
After the BWF World Championships, Badminton World Tour is set to resume with the Japan Open 2022 which gets underway on 30 August 2022. This will be the 16th tournament in the 2022 World Tour. The Super 750 tournament is returning to BWF World Tour after a two-year hiatus as the last two editions could not be held due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Badminton players from across the globe will take part in the tournament. Indian shuttlers who had a decent outing at the World Championships will also be in action. The likes of HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth, and Saina Nehwal will be in action for India. Meanwhile, PV Sindhu who missed the World Championships with injury will miss the Japan Open as well. World Champion Viktor Axelsen has pulled out of the tournament citing workload management.
So, as the tournament is set to get underway on 30 August, here is everything you need to know about Japan Open 2022.
Tournament Details
Date: 30 August- 4 September 2022
Venue: Maruzen Intec Arena, Osaka, Japan
Rounds: Five (R32, R16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Finals)
Total Entries: 273
Total Players: 368
Prize Money: USD 750,000
Seeded Entries
Men’s Singles
Viktor Axelsen – Denmark
Kento Momota – Japan
Anders Antonsen – Denmark
Chou Tien Chen – Chinese Taipei
Lee Zii Jia – Malaysia
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting – Indonesia
Jonatan Christie – Indonesia
Loh Kean Yew – Singapore
Women’s Singles
Akane Yamugachi – Japan
Tai Tzu Ying – Chinese Taipei
An Se-young – South Korea
Chen Yuifei – China
Carolina Marin – Spain
Nozomi Okuhara – Japan
PV Sindhu – India
Ratchanok Intanon – Thailand
Japan Open 2022 Schedule
1st round (R32)– August 30, 31
2nd round (R16)– September 1
Quarter-final– September 2
Semi-final– September 3
Final – September 4
Defending champions (Winners of 2019 edition)
Men’s singles – Kento Momota – Japan
Women’s singles – Akane Yamugachi – Japan
Men’s doubles – Marcus Gideon / Kevin Sukamuljo
Women’s doubles – Kim So-yeong / Kong Hee-yong
Mixed doubles – Wang Yilyu / Huang Dongping
Indians in action
India have only one seeded player and that is PV Sindhu. However, the double Olympic medallist will miss the tourn ament as she is recovering from an ankle injury. Saina Nehwal will be the lone representation from India in the Women’s Singles category. She will open her campaign against the top-seed Akane Yamaguchi.
In the Men’s Singles category, India will have HS Prannoy, K Srikanth, and Lakshya Sen representing India. While Prannoy will open his campaign against Ka Long Angus, Srikanth and Sen will play Lee Zii Jia and Kenta Nishimoto respectively. In the men’s doubles category, India will have MR Arjun/Dhruva Kapila and Krishna Prasad/Vishnuvardhan Goud.
In the Women’s Singles category, India will have representation from Ashwini Bhat/Shikha Gautam and Treesa Jolly/Pullela Gopichand. Meanwhile, in the mixed doubles category, Venkat Prasad/Juhi Dewangan will represent India.
Where to live stream Japan Open 2022?
Japan Open 2022 will be telecasted on the VOOT Select app and website. All the updates and daily highlights can also be found on the SprtsTiger website.