German Open Badminton: After a month long break, the BWF Tour is all set to resume with the German Open. The BWF Super 300 event will be the fifth tournament in the BWF Tour this year. It will kickstart on 7th March 2023, Tuesday. Players like World No.4 Lee Zii Jia, Japanese No.1 Kodai Naraoka, Kunlavudt Vitidsarn, Women’s World No.1 Akane Yamaguchi will all be in action in the tournament. Among the Indians, Laksya Sen is the only seeded player. Follow Thailand Masters 2023 LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
German Open Badminton: Draws, Schedule, Top seeds, Prize Money, LIVE streaming – All you need to know about German Open Badminton 2023 LIVE
German Open Badminton:
Defending champions – 2022 edition
Men’s singles – Kunlavut Vitidsarn – Hong Kong
Women’s singles – He Bing Jiao – China
Men’s doubles – Goh Sze Fei/Nur Izzuddin – Malaysia
Women’s doubles – Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan – China
Mixed doubles – Dechapol Puavaranukron/Sapisree Taerattanachai – Thailand
German Open Schedule
1st round– March 8 and March 9
2nd round– March 10
Quarter-final– March 11
Semi-final– March 12
Final – March 13
German Open 2023 Prize Money
| Event | Winner | Finalist | Semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Last 16 |
| Singles | $15,750 | $7,980 | $3,045 | $1,260 | $735 |
| Doubles | $16,590 | $7,980 | $2,940 | $1,522.50 | $787.50 |
Top Seeds
German Open 2023 Top Seeds
Men’s Singles:
- Lee Zii Jia – Malaysia
- Kunlavut Vitidsarn – Thailand
- Kodai Naraoka – Japan
- Loh Kean Yew – Singapore
- Lu Guangzu – China
- Lakshya Sen – India
- Zhao Junpeng – China
- Shi Yuqi – China
Women’s Singles
- Akane Yamaguchi – Japan
- An Se-young – South Korea
- Chen Yu Fei – China
- He Bing Jiao – China
- Wang Zhi Yi – China
- Ratchanok Intanon – Thailand
- Han Yue – China
- Pornpawee Chochuwong – Thailand
Men’s Doubles
- Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik – Malaysia
- Takuro Hoki/Yugo Kobayashi – Japan
- Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi – China
- Kim Astrup/Anders Rasmussen – Denmark
- Ong Yew Sin/Teo Ee Yi – Malaysia
- Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang – China
- Choi Sol-gyu/Kim Won-ho – South Korea
- Mark Lamfuss/Marvin Seidel – Germany
Women’s Doubles
- Nami Matsuyama/Chiharu Shida – Japan
- Jeong Na-eun/Kim Hye-jeong – South Korea
- Pearly Tan/Thinaah Muralitharan – Malaysia
- Kim So-yeong/Kong Hee-yeong – South Korea
- Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota – Japan
- Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara – Japan
- Gabriela Stoeva/Stefani Stoeva – Bulgaria
- Baek Ha-Na/Lee So-hee – South Korea
Mixed Doubles
- Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino – Japan
- Thom Giquel/Delphine Delrue – France
- Tan Kian Meng/Lai Pei Jing – Malaysia
- Mark Lamfuss/Isabel Lohau – Germany
- Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping – China
- Seo Seung-jae/Chae Yoo-jung – South Korea
- Robin Tabeling/Selena Piek – Netherlands
- Yuki Kaneko/Misaki Matsumoto – Japan
Draws
Indians in action
Men’s Singles
India’s Lakshya Sen is in the first quarter of the draws. The World No.12 is the sixth seed in the tournament. He will begin his campaign in the tournament by facing France’s Christo Popov in the first round.
Lakshya’s first big challenge in the tournament is likely to be the top seed Lee Zii Jia. The Malaysia is the only other seeded player in the quarter ad both the players are likely to meet in the quarterfinals.
Mithun Manjunath is in the third quarter of the draws. He was recently crowned as the National Champion and will aim to carry his form into the Super 300 event. He will however face an uphill task against Loh Kean Yew in the first round. Kean Yew is the fourth seed in the tournament.
Women’s Singles
Saina Nehwal was initially part of the draws, but she has withdrawn from the tournament. Malvika Bansod is the top-ranked player from India in the Women’s Singles. Bansod is in the first quarter of the Women’s draw and the Indian will face China’s fifth seed Wang Zhi Yi in the first round.
Tasnam Mir has also qualified for the main draw after playing the qualifier. She will face eighth seed Pornpawee Chochuwong in the first round. The Thailand player is the eighth seed.
Mixed Doubles
India’s Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappoa are the only doubles players from India in the tournament. They are set to play in Mixed Doubles. Apart from them none of the Indians are in the main draw of both the Men’s Doubles and Women’s Doubles.
Reddy and Ponnappa will be playing their second tournament this year. The unseeded duo find themselves in the fourth quarter of the draws. They will face Scotland’s Andrew Hall and Julie MacPherson in the first round. Second seeded pair Thom Giquel and Delphine Delrue are also present in the same quarter.
Where to watch German Open Badminton LIVE Streaming?
The matches can be watched LIVE on BWF’s official Youtube Channel BWF TV.
German Open Badminton: Draws, Schedule, Top seeds, Prize Money, LIVE streaming – All you need to know about German Open Badminton 2023 LIVE
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