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After a successful conclusion of the BWF India Open, the Badminton Association of India (BAI) is all set to host the second badminton tournament of the 2022 World Tour season, the Syed Modi India International 2022. The Super 300 tournament will start on 18 January and will be played for 5 days till 23rd January. The Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow will host the tournament. Players from around the globe will fight for the title along with a cash prize of USD 150,000.
India's top badminton stars including PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth, P Kashyap, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty pair will take part in the tournament. A few International names include Singapore's Yeo Jai Min, Russia's Evgeniya Kosetskaya, Canada's Brian Yang will also feature in the event.
Tournament Details
Name: Syed Modi India International 2022
Date: 18-23 January 2022
Venue: Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow, India
Prize Money: USG 150,000
Seeded Entries from India
Men's Singles
Kidambi Srikanth (Top seed, to face France's Arnaud Merkle in R32 match)
Lakshya Sen (Second Seed, opted out of the tournament)
Sai Praneeth (Third seed, to face compatriot Chirag Sen in R32 match)
Sameer Verma (Fourth seed, to face Ireland's Nhat Nguyen in R32 match)
HS Prannoy (Fifth seed, to face Ukraine's Danylo Bosniuk in R32 match)
P Kashyap (Sixth seed, to face compatriot Siril Verma in R32 match)
Sourabh Verma (Seventh seed, to face Azerbaijan's Ade Resky Dwicahyo in R32 match)
Women's Singles
PV Sindhu (Top seed, to face compatriot Tanya Hemanth in R32 match)
Saina Nehwal (Fourth seed, to face Czech Republic's Tereza Svabikova in R32 match)
Men's Doubles
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty (Top seed, to face India's Tushar Gangneja/Chandrabhushan Tripathi in R32 match)
B Sumeeth Reddy/Manu Attri (Third seed, to face India's Tarun Kona/Shivam Sharma in R32 match)
MR Arjun/Dhruv Kapila (Fourth seed, to face Norway's Torjus Flaaten/Vegard Rikhem in R32 match)
Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala/Krishna Prasad Garaga (Sixth seed, to face India's Asith Surya/Vasanth Kumar Hanumaiah in R32 match)
Women's Doubles
Ashwini Ponappa/N Sikki Reddy (Top seed, to face India's Anuriya Das/Sanghamitra Saikia in R32 match)
Shikha Gautam/Ashwini Bhatt K (Fourth seed, to face Ukraines' Mariia Stoliarenko/Yelyzaveta Zharka in R32 match)
Gayatri Gopichand Pullela/Treesa Jolly (Seventh seed, to face India's Tanisha Crasto/Rutaparna Panda in R32 match)
Mixed Doubles
Venkat Gaurav Prasad/Juhi Devgan (Fourth seed, to face India's B Sumeeth Reddy/Ashwini Ponappa in R32 match)
Dhruv Kapila/N Sikki Reddy (Sixth seed, to face Singapore's Yong Kai Terry Hee/Wei Han Tan in R32 match)
Ishan Bhatnagar/Tanisha Crasto (Seventh seed, to face India's Vinay Kumar Singh/Akshaya Warang in R32 match)
Where to Watch Syed Modi India International 2022?
You can catch all the live updates on the BWF Website. Also, all the latest updates in regards to the tournament will available on the SportsTiger website.