We examine the latest results today, upcoming schedule, scores, & streaming details from the ongoing 2023 BWF Arctic Open badminton, which kicked-off on Tuesday
In the initial round of the 2023 Arctic Open women’s singles event, India’s PV Sindhu, a former badminton world champion and a two-time Olympic medalist, secured a decisive victory over Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara. The match unfolded at the Vantaa Energia Arena, culminating in a commanding 21-13, 21-6 win in favor of Sindhu. This marked the 10th time Sindhu had triumphed over Nozomi Okuhara in their 19th head-to-head encounter.
BWF Arctic Open badminton 2023 live results today, singles and doubles schedule, date, time, draw, live streaming
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2023 Arctic Open latest results, day 2 schedule, date, venue, fixtures, & first-round updates
PV Sindhu and Nozomi Okuhara, both former world champions, are currently contending with injury recoveries. However, during their round of 32 encounter at the Arctic Open in Finland on Tuesday, it was Sindhu who exhibited a dominant performance against her Japanese opponent. The Indian swiftly secured victory with a score of 21-13, 21-6 in a brisk 33-minute match, which bore little resemblance to some of their previous intense showdowns. Sindhu’s upcoming contest at the Super 500 tournament will be against Wen Chi Hsu from Chinese Taipei, a rival she previously conquered during the Hangzhou Asian Games.
In the women’s singles match, Aakarshi Kashyap, ranked 41st, demonstrated her resilience by overcoming an initial deficit to secure victory over Lianne Tan from Belgium. The final score-line read 18-21, 22-20, 21-18. Kashyap is now set to face the formidable world No. 11, Wang Zhiyi of China, in the round of 16. Meanwhile, in the men’s singles, Harshit Agarwal faced a setback during the qualifying round and was unable to make it to the main draw. He suffered a defeat at the hands of Joakim Oldorff from Finland, with the score-line showing 21-19, 21-12 in favor of Oldorff.
In the mixed doubles event, the Indian duo of K Sai Pratheek and Tanisha Crasto advanced to the round of 32. They displayed a commendable performance by defeating the Danish pair of Andreas Sondergaard and Iben Bergstein in the qualifying round, with the final score being 26-24, 21-18. Looking ahead to Wednesday, Kidambi Srikanth will be in action in the round of 32, where he will face Max Weisskirchen from Germany. Additionally, Kiran George and Mithun Manjunath will commence their men’s singles campaign.
Below, we look at the upcoming schedule of 2023 Arctic Open:
11th October: First-Round (Matches from 9:00 AM till 10:00 PM)
12th October: Second-Round
October 13: Quarter-Final
14th October: Semi-Final
October 15: Final
Arctic Open 2023: first-round results and schedule
| Category | Order | Match | SET-1 | SET-2 | SET-3 |
| Men’s Singles | 1 | Malaysia Leong J H | – | – | – |
| Finland J Oldorff | – | – | – | ||
| 2 | Chinese Taipei Lin C-y | – | – | – | |
| France A Merklé | – | – | – | ||
| 3 | Malaysia Lee Z J | – | – | – | |
| Denmark M Christophersen | – | – | – | ||
| 4 | Finland K Koljonen | – | – | – | |
| Indonesia C A Dwi Wardoyo | – | – | – | ||
| 5 | Denmark A Antonsen | Walkover | |||
| 6 | India M Manjunath | – | – | – | |
| China Weng HY | – | – | – | ||
| 7 | Belgium J Carraggi | – | – | – | |
| Republic of Ireland N Nguyen | – | – | – | ||
| 8 | Chinese Taipei Wang T-w | – | – | – | |
| Japan K Watanabe | – | – | – | ||
| 9 | Malaysia Ng T Y | – | – | – | |
| Thailand K Wangcharoen | – | – | – | ||
| 10 | China Zhao JP | – | – | – | |
| Chinese Taipei Chou T-c | – | – | – | ||
| 11 | France T J Popov | – | – | – | |
| India K George | – | – | – | ||
| 12 | Chinese Taipei Lee C-h | – | – | – | |
| China Lu GZ | – | – | – | ||
| 13 | Germany M Weißkirchen | – | – | – | |
| India S Kidambi | – | – | – | ||
| 14 | Indonesia S H Rhustavito | – | – | – | |
| Japan K Tsuneyama | – | – | – | ||
| 15 | China Lei LX | – | – | – | |
| Denmark M Johannesen | – | – | – | ||
| 16 | France C Popov | – | – | – | |
| Thailand K Vitidsarn | – | – | – | ||
| Women’s Singles | 1 | Chinese Taipei Tai T-y | – | – | – |
| Estonia C Kruus | – | – | – | ||
| 2 | India M Bansod | 10 | 5 | – | |
| Thailand S Katethong | 21 | 21 | – | ||
| 3 | Thailand P Chochuwong | 21 | 21 | – | |
| Scotland K Gilmour | 18 | 16 | – | ||
| 4 | Ukraine P Buhrova | – | – | – | |
| Chinese Taipei Sung S-y | – | – | – | ||
| 5 | China Han Y | – | – | – | |
| Thailand L Chaiwan | – | – | – | ||
| 6 | United States L Lam | 9 | 7 | – | |
| Thailand B Ongbamrungphan | 21 | 21 | – | ||
| 7 | Denmark M Blichfeldt | 21 | 21 | – | |
| Finland N Nyqvist | 15 | 13 | – | ||
| 8 | Israel H Neiman | – | – | – | |
| Japan S Kawakami | – | – | – | ||
| 9 | Denmark L Christophersen | 21 | 19 | 13 | |
| Chinese Taipei Hsu W-c | 17 | 21 | 21 | ||
| 10 | Japan N Okuhara | 13 | 6 | – | |
| India P. V. Sindhu | 21 | 21 | – | ||
| 11 | China Zhang YM | 21 | 21 | – | |
| Estonia K Kuuba | 19 | 10 | – | ||
| 12 | Vietnam Nguyễn T L | 17 | 21 | 24 | |
| United States BW Zhang | 21 | 12 | 22 | ||
| 13 | Belgium L Tan | 21 | 20 | 18 | |
| India A Kashyap | 18 | 22 | 21 | ||
| 14 | Turkey N Arın | 13 | 17 | – | |
| China Wang ZY | 21 | 21 | – | ||
| 15 | Denmark L Kjærsfeldt | 21 | 18 | 21 | |
| Germany Y Li | 16 | 21 | 17 | ||
| 16 | Chinese Taipei Pai Y-p | 21 | 14 | 21 | |
| Chinese Taipei Huang Y-h | 19 | 21 | 13 | ||
| Men’s Doubles | 1 | Czech Republic O Král | – | – | – |
| Czech Republic A Mendrek | |||||
| Germany B Geiss | – | – | – | ||
| Germany J Völker | |||||
| 2 | United States V Chiu | – | – | – | |
| United States J Yuan | |||||
| Germany D Hess | – | – | – | ||
| Germany P Scheiel | |||||
| 3 | Indonesia M Ahsan | – | – | – | |
| Indonesia H Setiawan | |||||
| Denmark A Søndergaard | – | – | – | ||
| Denmark J Toft | |||||
| 4 | Chinese Taipei Lee J-h | – | – | – | |
| Chinese Taipei Yang P-hs | |||||
| China Tan Q | – | – | – | ||
| China Zhou HD | |||||
| 5 | Denmark K Astrup | – | – | – | |
| Denmark A S Rasmussen | |||||
| United States Chen Z-y | – | – | – | ||
| United States P Smith | |||||
| 6 | Malaysia Goh S F | – | – | – | |
| Malaysia N Izzuddin | |||||
| France L Corvée | – | – | – | ||
| France R Labar | |||||
| 7 | Chinese Taipei Lee Y | – | – | – | |
| Chinese Taipei Wang C-l | |||||
| Thailand S Jomkoh | – | – | – | ||
| Thailand K Kedren | |||||
| 8 | China He JT | – | – | – | |
| China Ren XY | |||||
| Chinese Taipei Lee F-c | – | – | – | ||
| Chinese Taipei Lee F-j | |||||
| 9 | Denmark R Kjær | – | – | – | |
| Denmark F Søgaard | |||||
| Republic of Ireland J Magee | – | – | – | ||
| Republic of Ireland P Reynolds | |||||
| 10 | England B Lane | – | – | – | |
| England S Vendy | |||||
| Chinese Taipei Lu C-y | – | – | – | ||
| Chinese Taipei Yang P-ha | |||||
| 11 | Scotland A Dunn | w | / | o | |
| Scotland A Hall | |||||
| 12 | Scotland C Grimley | – | – | – | |
| Scotland M Grimley | |||||
| Malaysia Ong Y S | – | – | – | ||
| Malaysia Teo E Y | |||||
| 13 | Denmark D Lundgaard | – | – | – | |
| Denmark M Vestergaard | |||||
| China Chen BY | – | – | – | ||
| China Liu Y | |||||
| 14 | Indonesia P Kusumawardana | – | – | – | |
| Indonesia Y Rambitan | |||||
| Indonesia M S Fikri | – | – | – | ||
| Indonesia B Maulana | |||||
| 15 | France C Popov | – | – | – | |
| France T J Popov | |||||
| Japan K Matsui | – | – | – | ||
| Japan Y Takeuchi | |||||
| 16 | Malaysia Man W C | – | – | – | |
| Malaysia Tee K W | |||||
| Malaysia A Chia | – | – | – | ||
| Malaysia Soh W Y | |||||
| Women’s Doubles | 1 | Japan M Matsumoto | – | – | – |
| Japan W Nagahara | |||||
| Chinese Taipei Hsu Y-c | – | – | – | ||
| Chinese Taipei Lin W-c | |||||
| 2 | Malaysia V Hoo | – | – | – | |
| Malaysia Lim C S | |||||
| Chinese Taipei Sung S-y | – | – | – | ||
| Chinese Taipei Yu C-h | |||||
| 3 | China Li WM | – | – | – | |
| China Liu XX | |||||
| China Li YJ | w | / | o | ||
| China Luo XM | |||||
| 4 | Hong Kong Yeung N T | – | – | – | |
| Hong Kong Yeung P L | |||||
| Germany S Küspert | – | – | – | ||
| Germany E Moszczynski | |||||
| 5 | Thailand B Aimsaard | – | – | – | |
| Thailand N Aimsaard | |||||
| Bulgaria G Stoeva | – | – | – | ||
| Bulgaria S Stoeva | |||||
| 6 | United States A Xu | – | – | – | |
| United States K Xu | |||||
| Scotland J MacPherson | – | – | – | ||
| Scotland C Torrance | |||||
| 7 | China Liu SS | – | – | – | |
| China Tan N | |||||
| India R Panda | – | – | – | ||
| India S Panda | |||||
| 8 | Sweden M Sjöö | – | – | – | |
| Sweden T Sjöö | |||||
| Denmark M Fruergaard | – | – | – | ||
| Denmark S Thygesen | |||||
| 9 | Latvia A Kupča | – | – | – | |
| Latvia J Romanova | |||||
| Germany L Efler | – | – | – | ||
| Germany I Lohau | |||||
| 10 | Estonia C Kruus | – | – | – | |
| Estonia R Üprus | |||||
| Japan R Iwanaga | – | – | – | ||
| Japan K Nakanishi | |||||
| 11 | United States P L Cao Hok | – | – | – | |
| United States L Lam | |||||
| Chinese Taipei Lee C-h | – | – | – | ||
| Chinese Taipei Teng C-h | |||||
| 12 | India G Gopichand | – | – | – | |
| India T Jolly | |||||
| Malaysia P Tan | w | / | o | ||
| Malaysia Thinaah M | |||||
| 13 | France M Lambert | – | – | – | |
| France A Tran | |||||
| Estonia K-K Marran | – | – | – | ||
| Estonia H Rüütel | |||||
| 14 | India T Crasto | – | – | – | |
| India A Ponnappa | |||||
| Japan R Miyaura | – | – | – | ||
| Japan A Sakuramoto | |||||
| 15 | South Africa A Ackerman | – | – | – | |
| South Africa D Laurens | |||||
| Malaysia A Cheong | – | – | – | ||
| Malaysia Teoh M X | |||||
| 16 | United States F Corbett | – | – | – | |
| United States A Lee | |||||
| Thailand J Kititharakul | – | – | – | ||
| Thailand R Prajongjai | |||||
| Mixed Doubles | 1 | China Feng YZ | 21 | 23 | – |
| China Huang DP | |||||
| Thailand S Jomkoh | 16 | 21 | – | ||
| Thailand S Paewsampran | |||||
| 2 | Serbia M Tomić | – | – | – | |
| Serbia A Vitman | |||||
| Denmark M Thyrri | – | – | – | ||
| Denmark A Magelund | |||||
| 3 | Malaysia Goh S H | 8 | 19 | – | |
| Malaysia S J Lai | |||||
| Hong Kong Lee C H | 21 | 21 | – | ||
| Hong Kong Ng T Y | |||||
| 4 | England G Mairs | 9 | 17 | – | |
| England J Mairs | |||||
| Malaysia Tan K M | 21 | 21 | – | ||
| Malaysia Lai P J | |||||
| 5 | France T Gicquel | 11 | 21 | – | |
| France D Delrue | |||||
| Indonesia D Ferdinansyah | 21 | 23 | – | ||
| Indonesia G E Widjaja | |||||
| 6 | Germany J Völker | 17 | 18 | – | |
| Germany S Küspert | |||||
| China Cheng X | 21 | 21 | – | ||
| China Chen FH | |||||
| 7 | Netherlands R Tabeling | – | – | – | |
| Netherlands S Piek | |||||
| Scotland A Dunn | – | – | – | ||
| Scotland C Torrance | |||||
| 8 | Japan H Midorikawa | – | – | – | |
| Japan N Saito | |||||
| India K S Pratheek | – | – | – | ||
| India T Crasto | |||||
| 9 | Denmark M Vestergaard | 21 | 21 | – | |
| Denmark C Busch | |||||
| Scotland A Hall | 17 | 14 | – | ||
| Scotland J MacPherson | |||||
| 10 | United States V Chiu | 11 | 19 | – | |
| United States J Gai | |||||
| Denmark M Christiansen | 21 | 21 | – | ||
| Denmark A Bøje | |||||
| 11 | Chinese Taipei Lee J-h | – | – | – | |
| Chinese Taipei Hsu Y-c | |||||
| United States P Smith | – | – | – | ||
| United States A Lee | |||||
| 12 | Indonesia P Jordan | 19 | 7 | – | |
| Indonesia M D Oktavianti | |||||
| China Jiang ZB | 21 | 21 | – | ||
| China Wei YX | |||||
| 13 | Hong Kong Tang C M | 21 | 21 | – | |
| Hong Kong Tse Y S | |||||
| Japan Y Kaneko | 14 | 15 | – | ||
| Japan M Matsutomo | |||||
| 14 | England M Ellis | 14 | 17 | – | |
| England L Smith | |||||
| Malaysia Chen T J | 21 | 21 | – | ||
| Malaysia Toh E W | |||||
| 15 | Denmark J Toft | 21 | 18 | 13 | |
| Denmark C Graversen | |||||
| Chinese Taipei Ye H-w | 15 | 21 | 21 | ||
| Chinese Taipei Lee C-h | |||||
| 16 | Chinese Taipei Yang P-h | 22 | 16 | 10 | |
| Chinese Taipei Hu L-f | |||||
| Thailand D Puavaranukroh | 20 | 21 | 21 | ||
| Thailand S Taerattanachai | |||||
2023 Arctic Open: net prize pool and monetary rewards
The singles event will crown its champion with a staggering $31,500 in winnings, while the finalist will earn $15,960 for their impressive journey. Moving back through the rounds, the semi-finalists will pocket a substantial $6,090, and those who reach the quarter-finals will take home a respectable $2,520. Even the players who make it to the last 16 will be rewarded with $1,470 for their remarkable efforts. The doubles event will feature equally enticing rewards, with the winners sharing a significant sum of $33,180, the runners-up claiming $15,960, and the semi-finalists receiving $5,880.
| Event | Winner | Finalist | Semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Last 16 |
| Singles | $31,500 | $15,960 | $6,090 | $2,520 | $1,470 |
| Doubles | $33,180 | $15,960 | $5,880 | $3,045 | $1,575 |
When & Where to watch: live stream & telecast
It has been confirmed that BWF TV, the official YouTube channel of the organization, will offer live streaming coverage for the 2023 BWF Arctic Open. Unfortunately, there won’t be any Indian television network providing a live broadcast of the event.
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