On Tuesday, 2023 BWF World Tour will kick-off with Malaysia Open featuring difficult ties for Indian shuttlers including PV Sindhu versus Carolina Marin and Malvika Bansod versus An Se-young, we examine tournament schedule, draw, seeded players, tickets & streaming details
To start her 2023 BWF World Tour campaign, PV Sindhu will clash against her arch-rival Carolina Marin in the round-of-32 tie at Malaysia Open. Meanwhile, Saina Nehwal, Malvika Bansod, & Arundhati Kashyap will each face difficult opponents in their own respective ties.
Malaysia Open badminton 2023 women’s singles schedule, date, time, draw, tickets, players, prize money, and live stream
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2023 Malaysia Open women’s singles schedule, date, venue, fixtures, & first-round draw
At Malaysia Open, Indian ace PV Sindhu will begin 2023 BWF World Tour with first-round match against former world champion Carolina Marin. Meanwhile, reigning world champion Akane Yamaguchi will clash against Dane shuttler Line Kjærsfeldt to begin her title quest. In another first-round tie, Saina Nehwal is paired against in-form Chinese shuttler Han Yue and attempt to return towards winning ways for climbing in the BWF World Rankings.
Among other announced first-round matches, Indian shuttler Arundhati Kashyap is scheduled to face-off against Taiwanese shuttler Hsu Wn-Chi and Malvika Bansod will clash against Korean ace An Se-young in an uphill task. This competition will be held at Kuala Lumpur’s Axiata Arena inside the KL Sports City from January 10 through January 15. To watch this upcoming tournament, fans can purchase their tickets from here.
Below, we look at upcoming schedule of 2023 Malaysia Open:
10th & 11th January: First-round matches will begin (from 12:00 PM IST)
January 12: Round of 16 matches will begin
13th January: Quarter-finals begin
January 14: Semi-finals begin
15th January: Finals begin
2023 Malaysia Open (badminton): women’s singles draw & schedule
First Round Schedule (10th-11th January)
Japan A Yamaguchi vs Denmark L Kjærsfeldt
Thailand B Ongbamrungphan vs Scotland K Gilmour
Thailand R Intanon vs Japan A Ohori
Denmark M Blichfeldt vs South Korea Kim G-e
Chinese Taipei Tai T-y vs Spain C Azurmendi
India S Nehwal vs China Han Y
China He BJ vs Indonesia G M Tunjung
India A Kashyap vs Chinese Taipei Hsu W-c
Thailand P Chochuwong vs Singapore Yeo J M
Spain C Marín vs India P. V. Sindhu
Canada M Li vs Denmark L Christophersen
Japan N Okuhara vs China Chen YF
Chinese Taipei Pai Y-p vs United States BW Zhang
China Zhang YM vs China Wang ZY
Malaysia Goh J W vs Germany Y Li
India M Bansod vs South Korea An S-y
2023 Malaysia Open: BWF points award system
All contestants will be expecting to start strong by winning this esteemed BWF Super 1000 competition, which will serve as the prelude to the 2023 BWF World Tour. Following their selection as participants for women’s singles category, Malvika Bansod and Arundhati Kashyap will have the ideal opportunity to display their abilities and earn the maximum possible BWF points throughout this competition. By becoming the champion of women’s singles category, the winning shuttler will be eligible for earning 12,000 BWF points.
| Winner | Runner-up | 3/4 | 5/8 | 9/16 | 17/32 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12,000 | 10,200 | 8,400 | 6,600 | 4,800 | 3,000 |
2023 Malaysia Open: prize money distribution
Due to the fact that the 2023 Malaysia Open will be a prominent BWF World Tour Super 1000 tournament, the winner of the women’s singles category would get $87,500 in prize money as opposed to the runner-up receiving $42,500. Each contestant in the singles category will get a prize of at least $1,250.
| Event | Winner | Finalist | Semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Last 16 | Last 32 |
| Singles | $87,500 | $42,500 | $17,500 | $6,875 | $3,750 | $1,250 |
| Doubles | $92,500 | $43,750 | $17,500 | $7,812.50 | $4,062.50 | $1,250 |
When & Where to watch: live stream & telecast of Malaysia Open
World-class shuttlers will compete in the first-round matches of the Malaysia Open beginning on Tuesday in an effort to start the new season off strong. Indian fans can stream this competition through VOOT Select or the official BWF YouTube channel to witness all the action live.
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