The BWF Korea Open Badminton 2022 is an upcoming badminton tournament, we take a look at the Men’s Singles category players, draw, seeded players, schedule
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 Men’s Singles Draw, Schedule, Date, Time, Players List, Fixtures
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 Men’s Singles Seeded Players
1. Indonesia Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
2. Malaysia Lee Zii Jia
3. Indonesia Jonatan Christie
4. Singapore Loh Kean Yew
5. India Srikanth Kidambi
6. India Lakshya Sen
7. Denmark Rasmus Gemke
8. Thailand Kunlavut Vitidsarn
2022 Korea Open Badminton Men’s Singles First Round Draw, Fixtures, Players List
In the opening round of 2022 Korea Open, Srikanth will face Malaysian Liew Daren. With second seed Lee Zii Jia as the only other seeded player in the section, he is in a reasonably easy section. Lakshya Sen, Parupalli Kashyap, and Sourabh Verma, on the other hand, are all in the same sector. Lakshya will begin the campaign against Lu Guangzhu of China.
First Round Draw
Indonesia A S Ginting vs France L Claerbout
India So Verma vs India Parupalli K
India L Sen vs China Lu GZ
Thailand S Thammasin vs Indonesia S H Rhustavito
Singapore Loh K Y vs France T Rouxel
Finland K Koljonen vs Malaysia Ng T Y
Denmark R Gemke vs South Korea Heo K-h
Malaysia Cheam J W vs India Prannoy K
India K George vs South Korea Lee D-k
Japan K Watanabe vs Thailand K Vitidsarn
Japan K Naroaka vs China Zhao JP
Malaysia Soong J V vs Indonesia J Christie
Israel M Zilberman vs China Li SF
Malaysia Liew D vs India S Kidambi
Republic of Ireland N Nguyen vs Thailand K Wangcharoen
France A Merklé vs Malaysia Lee Z J
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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