The BWF Korea Open Badminton 2022 is an upcoming badminton tournament, we take a look at the Women’s Singles category players, draw, seeded players
The 2022 Korea Open will be the eighth tournament on the BWF World Tour, and it will be hosted in conjunction with the Korea Open championships, which have been held since 1991. The Badminton Korea Association is hosting this competition, which is sanctioned by the BWF.
BWF Korea Open Badminton 2022 Women’s Singles Draw, Schedule, Date, Time, Players, Fixtures, Prize Money And Live Stream
The tournament will take place from April 5th to April 10th, 2022, at Palma Indoor Stadium, Suncheon, South Korea, with a total prize fund of $360,000. With this, the Korea Open will be held in Suncheon for the first time.
April 5-6: First-round matches will begin
April 7: Second-round matches will begin
8th April: Quarter-finals begin
April 9: Semi-finals begin
10th April: Finals begin
BWF 2022 Korea Open Women’s Singles Seeded Players
1. China Chen Yufei
2. South Korea An Se-young
3. India P. V. Sindhu
4. Thailand Ratchanok Intanon
5. China He Bingjiao
6. Thailand Pornpawee Chochuwong
7. Thailand Busanan Ongbamrungphan
8. Canada Michelle Li
2022 Korea Open Badminton Women’s Singles First Round Draw, Fixtures, Players List
PV Sindhu is the third seed at the 2022 Korea Open after winning the Swiss Open. In the first round, she will face Lauren Lam of the United States, who is an unseeded player. Busanan Ongbamrungphan is the only other seeded player in this section.
Meanwhile, Saina Nehwal, who has had a difficult season thus far, will try to turn things around. She is grouped with top seed Chen Yufei and sixth seed He Bingjiao in a difficult division. She will begin her campaign against Asuka Takahashi of Japan.
First Round Draw
China Chen YF vs Thailand P Chaiwan
Singapore J Hooi vs South Korea Kim G-e
China He BJ vs Israel K Polikarpova
Japan A Takahashi vs India S Nehwal
Thailand R Intanon vs Ukraine M Ulitina
China Zhang YM vs Scotland K Gilmour
Thailand P Chochuwong vs Czech Republic T Švábíková
India M Bansod vs China Han Y
Thailand S Katethong vs China Wang ZY
South Korea Kim H-m vs Thailand B Ongbamrungphan
Bulgaria L Zetchiri vs Japan A Ohori
United States L Lam vs India P. V. Sindhu
France Y Hoyaux vs Czech Republic K Tomalová
Japan S Kawakami vs Canada M Li
South Korea Sim Y-j vs Singapore Yeo J M
India S K P Kudaravalli vs South Korea An S-y
Points Award System
The BWF World Tour Super 500 event contains a point distribution table based on the BWF points system for each phase of the competition.
| Winner | Runner-up | Semi-finalists | Quarterfinalists | 9-16 | 17-32 | 33-64 | 65-128 | 129-256 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9,200 | 7,800 | 6,420 | 5,040 | 3,600 | 2,220 | 880 | 430 | 170 |
Prize Money Pool Distribution
According to the table below, a prize fund of USD$360,000 will be distributed.
| 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 |
When And Where to Watch: Live Stream And Telecast All England Open Badminton Championship
From April 12, the BWF Korea Open 2022 will be live-streamed on Voot Select and BWF TV.
| Thailand | True Visions |
| Malaysia | Astro |
| Singapore | Star Hub |
| France | Le Equipe |
| Germany | Sportdeutschland tv |
| Indonesia | TVRI, Vidio |
| Spain | TV e |
| United Kingdom/Ireland | BT Sport |
| Africa | Star Times |
| Brunei | Krystal, Astro |
| China | Zhibo TV |
| Chinese Taipei | ELTA HD |
| Honk Kong | Now TV |
| India | Voot Select |
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