Korea Open 2022: The much awaited Korea Open is all set to kickstart in less than a week. The tournament is finally making a return after a two-year hiatus due to the Covid 19 pandemic. The premier badminton tournament which is part of the BWF Super 500 series begins on 5th April, Tuesday. The finals will be played on Sunday, 10th April. India’s biggest superstars PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen will be in action in the tournament. Follow Korea Open live updates on InsideSport.IN
Korea Open 2022: Draws, Schedule, Top seeds, Prize Money, LIVE streaming – All you need to know about 2022 Korea Open
The annual badminton tournament will be the eighth tournament of the 2022 BWF World Tour, which had been held since 1991. This year marks the 28th edition of the tournament.
Korea Open 2022: Draws, Schedule, Top seeds, Prize Money, LIVE streaming – All you need to know about 2022 Korea Open
Defending champions (Winners of 2019 edition)
Men’s singles – Kento Momota – Japan
Women’s singles – He Bingjiao – China
Men’s doubles – Fajar Alfian – – Denmark
Women’s doubles – Pearly Tan Koong Le – Thinaah Muralitharan- Malaysia
Mixed doubles – Thom Gicquel – Delphine Delrue – France
Korea Open 2022 Schedule
1st round– April 5,6
2nd round– April 7
Quarter-final– April 8
Semi-final– April 9
Final – April 10
Swiss Open 2022 Top Seeds
Korea Open 2022 Top Seeds
Men’s Singles:
- Indonesia – Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
- Malaysia – Lee Zii Jia
- Indonesia – Jonatan Christie
- Singapore – Loh Kean Yew
- India – Srikanth Kidambi
- India – Lakshya Sen
- Denmark – Rasmus Gemke
- Thailand – Kunlavut Vitidsarn
Women’s Singles
- China – Chen Yufei
- South Korea – An Se-young
- India – P. V. Sindhu
- Thailand – Ratchanok Intanon
- China – He Bingjiao
- Thailand – Pornpawee Chochuwong
- Thailand – Busanan Ongbamrungphan
- Canada – Michelle Li
Men’s Doubles
1. Indonesia Marcus Gideon/Kevin Sukamuljo
2. Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan
3. India Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty
4. Indonesia Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto
5. Denmark Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
6. Malaysia Ong Yew Sin / Teo Ee Yi
7. England Ben Lane / Sean Vendy
8. South Korea Ko Sung-hyun/ Shin Baek-cheol
Women’s Doubles
1. South Korea Lee So-hee/Shin Seung-chan
2. South Korea Kim So-yeong / Kong Hee-yong
3. Thailand Jongkolphan Kititharakul / Rawinda Prajongjai
4. India – Ashwini Ponnappa / Sikki Reddy
5. Indonesia Apriyani Rahayu / Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti (Withdrew)
6. China – Liu Xuanxuan / Xia Yuting
7. South Korea Jeong Na-eun / Kim Hye-jeong
8. Thailand – Benyapa Aimsaard / Nuntakarn Aimsaard
Korea Open 2022 Prize Money:
The total prize money for the tournament is US$140,000. Singles winners will get $10,500, while Doubles champions will get a total of $11,060.
| Event | Winner | Finalist | Semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Last 16 |
| Singles | $27,000 | $13,680 | $5,220 | $2,160 | $1,260 |
| Doubles | $28,440 | $13,680 | $5,040 | $2,610 | $1,350 |
Korea Open 2022: Draws, Schedule, Top seeds, Prize Money, LIVE streaming – All you need to know about 2022 Korea Open
Indians in action :
The tournament will see India’s top badminton stars like PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy in action.
Men’s draw
Men’s Singles
World Championship silver medallist Srikanth Kidambi has been seeded fifth in the tournament while Lakshya Sen has been seeded sixth. Srikanth will face Malaysia’s Liew Daren in the first round. He is placed in a relatively easy group with second seed Lee Zii Jia being the only other seeded player in the group.
Meanwhile Lakshya Sen, Parupalli Kashyap and Sourabh Verma are all in the same group. Lakshya will kickstart the campaign against China’s Lu Guangzhu. The group also has top seed Anthony Ginting. Parupalli Kashyap and Sourabh Verma will face each other in the firs round. Other Indians in the fray include HS Prannoy and Kiran George.
Men’s Doubles
In men’s doubles, Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy have been seeded third and they are placed in a relatively easy group. They will kickstart their campaign against Thailand’s Supak Jomkoh and Kittinupong Kedren.
Dhruv Kapila and MR Arjun, will be up against China’s unseeded He Jiting and Zhou Haodong, while the third Indian pair of Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Panjala will face Indonesia’s Pramudya Kusumawardana and Yeremia Rambitan.
Women’s draw
Women’s Singles
After winning the Swiss Open Title, PV Sindhu enters the Korea Open as the third seed. She will be up against America’s unseeded Lauren Lam in the first round. The only other seeded player in this group is Busanan Ongbamrungphan.
Doubles draw
In women’s doubles, Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy are seeded fourth and they have received a bye in the first round. They will face Canada’s unseeded Catherine Choi and Josephine Wu in the second round.
Meanwhile India also has the unseeded Palak Arora and Unnati Hooda. The duo will face South Korea’s Chang Ye-na and Jung Kyung-eun. Treesa Jolly and Gayathri Gopichand, who reached the semi-finals of the All-England Open will start their campaign against Thailand’s Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai.
Mixed Doubles
India’s mixed doubles pair Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa will kickstart their campaign against Malaysia’s Tan Kian Meng and Lai Pei Jing. They are the only Indian duo in the mixed doubles.
Where to watch Korea Open 2022 LIVE Streaming?
Fans in India can watch the Korea Open 2022 LIVE on Voot Select and also at BWF’s official Youtube channel BWF TV.
Korea Open 2022: Draws, Schedule, Top seeds, Prize Money, LIVE streaming – All you need to know about 2022 Korea Open
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