Swiss Open 2022: Top Badminton stars from around the world will compete in the 2022 Swiss Open, which is set to kick start from 22nd March, Tuesday at St Jakobs Halle, Basel, Switzerland. The tournament is a part of Badminton’s World Tour and is a BWF World Tour Super 300 tournament. Follow Swiss Open 2022 LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
Swiss Open 2022: Draws, Schedule, Top seeds, Prize Money, LIVE streaming – All you need to know about 2022 Swiss Open
The annual badminton tournament will be the sixth tournament of the 2022 BWF World Tour, which had been held since 1955. This year marks the 58th edition of the tournament, which is scheduled to be played from 22nd to 27th March.
Swiss Open 2022: Draws, Schedule, Top seeds, Prize Money, LIVE streaming – All you need to know about 2022 Swiss Open
Defending champions
Men’s singles – Viktor Axelsen- Denmark
Women’s singles – Carolina Marin – Spain
Men’s doubles – Kim Astrup – Anders Skaarup Rasmussen – Denmark
Women’s doubles – Pearly Tan Koong Le – Thinaah Muralitharan- Malaysia
Mixed doubles – Thom Gicquel – Delphine Delrue – France
Swiss Open 2022 Schedule
1st round- March 22, 23
2nd round- March 24
Quarter-final- Match 25
Semi-final- March 26
Final – March 27
Swiss Open 2022 Top Seeds
Men’s Singles:
1. Denmark – Viktor Axelsen
2. Denmark – Anders Antonsen
3. Indonesia – Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
4. Indonesia – Jonatan Christie
5. Singapore – Loh Kean Yew
6. Hong Kong – Ng Ka Long
7. India – Srikanth Kidambi
8. India – Lakshya Sen
Women’s Singles
1. China – Chen Yufei
2. India – P. V. Sindhu
3. China – He Bingjiao
4. Thailand – Busanan Ongbamrungphan
5. Canada – Michelle Li
6. Denmark -Mia Blichfeldt
7. China – Wang Zhiyi
8. Scotland – Kirsty Gilmour
Men’s Doubles
1. Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan
2. Malaysia Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik
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. Germany Mark Lamsfuß / Marvin Seidel
8. Malaysia Goh Sze Fei / Nur Izzuddin
Women’s Doubles
1. China Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan
2. Thailand Jongkolphan Kititharakul / Rawinda Prajongjai
3. Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva / Stefani Stoeva
4. Denmark Maiken Fruergaard / Sara Thygesen
5. Indonesia Apriyani Rahayu / Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti (Withdrew)
6. India – Ashwini Ponnappa / Sikki Reddy
7. China – Liu Xuanxuan / Xia Yuting
8. Denmark – Amalie Magelund / Freja Ravn
Swiss 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 | Finals | Semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Last 16 |
| Singles | $10,500 | $5,320 | $2,030 | $840 | $490 |
| Doubles | $11,060 | $5,320 | $1,960 | $1,015 | $525 |
Swiss Open 2022: Draws, Schedule, Top seeds, Prize Money, LIVE streaming – All you need to know about 2022 Swiss 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 seventh in the tournament while Lakshya Sen has been seeded eighth. Srikanth will face a qualifier in the first round. He finds himself in the same group as World No.3 Anders Andersen.
Lakshya Sen will kickstart his campaign by facing counterpart Sameer Verma in the first round. He is in the same group that has third seed Anthony Sinisuka Ginting.
Other Indians in the fray include Parupalli Kashyap, Sai Praneeth and HS Prannoy.
Men’s Doubles
In men’s doubles, Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy have been seeded third and they have an easy draw. They will face Indonesian pair Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Bagas Maulana in the first round.
Dhruv Kapila and MR Arjun, will be up against Indonesia’s Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto in the opening round, while the third Indian pair of Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Panjala will face a qualifier in the first round.
Women’s draw
Women’s Singles
Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu will be keen to make a comeback after early exits at the German Open & All England Badminton. She is seeded second and will face Denmark’s Line Kjaersfeldt in the first round.
Meanwhile, Saina Nehwal, who is on a comeback trail will face seventh seed Wang Zhiyi in the first round. She is in a relatively tough group as it also has Third seeded Chinese He Bingjiao.
Doubles draw
In women’s doubles, Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy are seeded sixth and will open the tournament against Switzerland’s A Muller and J Stadelmann.
Meanwhile 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 Tanisha Crasto and Ishan Bhatnagar will kickstart their campaign against Malaysia’s Chen Tang Jie and Peck Yen Wei. Meanwhile, Venkat Gaurav Prasad and Juhi Dewangan will face Germany’s Mark Lamsfuss and Isabel Lohau.
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Swiss Open 2022: Draws, Schedule, Top seeds, Prize Money, LIVE streaming – All you need to know about 2022 Swiss Open
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