The All England Open will see high badminton gamers from world wide collect at Arena Birmingham in Birmingham, England, the place it’s been held since 1994, from 16-20 March to compete in one of the crucial prestigious trophies on provide.
Last yr noticed Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia clinch the lads’s singles title for the primary time in his profession. Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Viktor Axelsen, the participant Lee beat within the 2021 All England closing, is the highest seed for this event and can kick off his efforts to reclaim the title towards India’s 2019 World Championship bronze medallist Sai Praneeth. Two-time world champion Momota Kento of Japan can be one to observe as he mounts a problem to return to the highest after successful the All England in 2019.
Okuhara Nozomi claimed her second ladies’s singles. Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying is world primary and gained the silver medal at Tokyo 2020. She’s additionally had a number of glad reminiscences on the All England Open having gained it on three events in 2017, 2018 and 2020. Okuhara’s compatriot Yamaguchi Akane is one other favorite for the ladies’s singles title. Not to be forgotten is 2019 world champion and two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu. It’s been over a yr for the reason that Indian shuttler switched coaches and he or she has slowly been elevating her sport. Last yr Sindhu completed runner-up within the World Tour Finals and just lately picked up her first tour title since 2018 when she gained the Syed Modi International in January.
All-England Open 2022 Top Seeds
Men’s Singles:
1. Viktor Axelsen – Denmark
2. Kento Momota – Japan
3. Anders Antonsen – Denmark
4. Chou Tien-chen – Chinese Taipei
5. Anthony Sinisuka Ginting – Indonesia
6. Lee Zii Jia – Malaysia
7. Jonatan Christie – Indonesia
8. Ng Ka Long – Hong Kong
Women’s Singles:
1. Tai Tzu-ying – Chinese Taipei
2. Akane Yamaguchi – Japan
3. Chen Yufei – China
4. An Se-young – South Korea
5. Nozomi Okuhara – Japan
6. P. V. Sindhu – India
7. Ratchanok Intanon – Thailand
8. He Bingjiao – China
Watanabe Yuta was topped twice in a day after first successful the lads’s doubles with Endo Hiroyuki after which returning to the court docket to clinch the combined doubles with Higashino Arisa. Two-time world champions Matsumoto Mayu and Nagahara Wakana took residence the ladies’s doubles honours.
All-England Open 2022 Schedule:
1st round- March 16
2nd round- March 17
Quarter-final- Match 18
Semi-final- March 19
Final – March 20
Where to observe All-England Open on TV?
Fans in India can watch the All England Open Badminton stay on Star Sports 3 and Star Sports 2 HD from March 16.
Where to livestream All England Open on-line?
All England Open Live Streaming can be accessible on Hotstar in India.
