Lakshya Sen, H S Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth, P V Sindhu and Saina Nehwal will carry India's hopes in the singles section.
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The 115th edition of the prestigious All England Open Badminton Championship is set to start at the Arena Birmingham in Birmingham on Tuesday. The tournament will feature a total of 64 singles competitors and 96 teams including world champions and Olympic champions. Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen is the reigning champion in the men’s singles category and the 29-year-old will be the favourite to successfully defend his title. As for India, the likes Lakshya Sen, H S Pranoy and Kidambi Srikanth will battle it out for the top honours. In the women’s singles section, top Indian shuttler PV Sindhu will enter the competition unseeded and will have to play out of her skin to really reach the medal rounds. There will be veteran Sain Nehwal too in the tournament.
The Order of Play for Day 1️⃣ is here!
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There will be 10 Indians competing in the doubles competition including the men’s duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, and women’s pair Treesa Jolly and Gayathri Gopichand. Apart from Satwik-Chirag, none of the Indian shuttlers are seeded for the tournament and have been handed a tough draw at the tournament. Only two Indians have won the All England Open since it started in 1899. Prakash Padukone was the first Indian to win the men’s singles title in 1980. Pullela Gopichand became the second to clinch the coveted trophy in 2001. Meanwhile, Saina and Lakshya finished runner-ups in 2015 and 2022 respectively.
| Fixtures |
| HS Prannoy vs Wang Tzu Wei |
| Lakshya Sen vs Chou Tien Chen |
| Kidambi Srikanth vs Toma Junior Popov |
| Fixtures |
| PV Sindhu vs Zhang Yi Man |
| Saina Nehwal vs Han Yue |
| Fixtures |
| Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/ Chirag Shetty vs TBA |
| MR Arjun/ Dhruv Kapila vs Ren Xiang Yu/ Tan Qiang |
| Fixtures |
| Treesa Jolly/ Gayatri Gopichand vs Jongkolpan Kititharakul/ Rawinda Prajongjai |
| Ashwini Bhat/ Shikha Gautam vs Baek Ha Na/ Lee So Hee |
| Fixture |
| Ishaa bhatnagar/ Tanisha Crasto vs Mark Lamsfuss/ Isabel Lohau |
The 2023 All England Open Badminton Championship will commence on March 14 and end on March 19.
Badminton fans in India can live stream the event via VOOTSelect and the JioCinema app, while few sessions will be telecast live on Sports 18 network.
