Odisha Open 2022 Day 1: Schedule and Fixtures

The much-awaited 2022 Odisha Open, a Badminton World Federation (BWF) event, will kick off at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Cuttack from January 25.

BWF World Tour Odisha Open Badminton starts from Jan 25; Credit: Twitter/@sports_odisha
By Sreejith C R | Jan 25, 2022 | 2 Min Read follow icon Follow Us

The much-awaited 2022 Odisha Open, a Badminton World Federation (BWF) event, will kick off at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Cuttack from January 25. The Super 100 tournament which is the third event of the 2022 BWF World Tour calendar will continue till January 30. It is the first edition of the Odisha Open and is being organised by the Badminton Association of India. It is the first ever International badminton tournament of BWF to be held at Odisha. About 350 players from seventeen countries are participating in this tournament. 

COVID-19 tests of many players who have already arrived for the tournament in Bhubaneswar have already been completed. The marquee event will be played behind closed doors without the presence of spectators in the stadium because of the Coronavirus induced pandemic. 

The players had their warm up practice sessions at cuttack on Monday. Meanwhile the tournament is being organised with the joint efforts of Badminton association of India and Odisha State Badminton Association. The tournament will be played in four courts at JNIS Cuttack. The venue is absolutely made ready to host the international badminton event. 

London Olympics bronze medalist Saina Nehwal will be the star attraction in Odisha Open Super 100 event. Saina has been seeded first in the women’s singles while Parupalli Kashyap is the top seed in men’s singles category.

Also Read: Syed Modi International: PV Sindhu downs Malvika Bansod to lift the trophy

Men’s Singles Round of 64 Schedule 

Bhuwaneka Gookethilleka VS Abhyansh Singh

Kaushal Dharmamer VS S. Sankar Muthusamy Sunramanian

Kartikey Gulshan Kumar VS Hemanth M. Gowda

Chirag Sen VS Varun Kapur

Kalombo Mulenga VS Shreyansh Jaiswal

Alap Mishra VS Jagadeesh Kalaga

Bhargav S VS Talar Laa

Meiraba Luwang Maisnam VS Aryamann Tandon

Abhishek Yeligar VS Jashwanth Dandu

Women’s Singles Qualification Schedule

Rucha Sawant VS Rakshita Sree Santhosh Ramraj

Tasnim Mir VS Navya Kanderi

Yashica Jakhar VS Meghana Reddy Mareddy

Vannala Kalagotla VS Shivani Vaishnavi Devi Gangula

Janani Ananthkumar VS Sakshi Phogar

Vijetha Harish VS Neha Pandit

Nikki Rapria VS Shriyanshi Valishetty

Mixed Doubles Qualification Schedule

Vazid Ali/ Vikas Chauhan VS Arjun Vaman Fallary/ Nikunj Pandey

Gaurav Parmar/ Pramesh Patidar VS TS Andavar/ C Govindarajan

Women’s Doubles Qualification Schedule

Navya Kanderi/ Takshita Santhosh Ramraj VS Parenda Pragati/ Vishakha Toppo