The BWF Malaysia 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 Malaysia Open, which has been a part of the Malaysia Open championships since 1937, is the twelfth event on the 2022 BWF World Tour. The Badminton Association of Malaysia, with approval from the BWF, is hosting this competition.
BWF Malaysia Open Badminton 2022 Men’s Singles Draw, Schedule, Date, Time, Players List, Tickets, Prize Money, Fixtures, Live Stream Telecast
From June 28 to July 3, 2022, the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, will host the 2022 Malaysia Open, a badminton competition with a US$675,000 top prize.
June 28-29: First-round matches will begin
30th June: Second-round matches will begin
1st July: Quarter-finals begin
July 2: Semi-finals begin
3rd July: Finals begin
BWF 2022 Malaysia Open Men’s Singles Seeded Players
1. Denmark Viktor Axelsen
2. Japan Kento Momota
3. Denmark Anders Antonsen
4. Chinese Taipei Chou Tien-chen
5. Malaysia Lee Zii Jia
6. Indonesia Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
7. Indonesia Jonatan Christie
8. India Lakshya Sen
2022 Malaysia Open Badminton Men’s Singles First Round Draw, Fixtures, Players List
In 2022 Malaysia Open, world number nine Lakshya Sen is the lone seeded Indian player is Lakshya Sen. The 20-year-old is the eighth seed and will want to do well in Malaysia after a dismal first-round exit at the Indonesia Open. He is assigned to the third bracket of the draw, which also includes World No. 3 Anders Antonsen. In the opening round, Lakshya will take on Heo Kwang-hee of South Korea.
After losing in the second round of the Indonesia Open, world No. 11 Kidambi Srikanth is also seeking atonement. He will face Thailand’s Sitthikom Thammasin in the opening round of this competition as an unseeded participant.
Sai Praneeth, meanwhile, is included in the same group as Srikanth. In the first round, Sai Praneeth will compete against Antony Sinisuka Ginting, the sixth seed. If the Indian succeeds in this match, he would probably meet Srikanth in the next round. The World No. 1 Viktor Axelsen is also in this bracket, who is the favorite to win after his consecutive wins in Indonesia.
Tickets can be bought from here.
First Round Draw
Denmark V Axelsen vs Japan K Tsuneyama
Hong Kong Lee C Y vs Singapore Loh K Y
Indonesia A S Ginting vs India B. Sai Praneeth
India S Kidambi vs Thailand S Thammasin
Chinese Taipei Chou T-c vs Canada B Yang
Malaysia Liew D vs India Prannoy H. S.
Indonesia J Christie vs India S Verma
Indonesia T Sugiarto vs Japan K Nishimoto
China Zhao JP vs Thailand K Vitidsarn
South Korea Heo K-h vs India L Sen
Chinese Taipei Wang T-w vs Guatemala K Cordón
China Lu GZ vs Denmark A Antonsen
Denmark R Gemke vs Indonesia S H Rhustavito
France T J Popov vs Malaysia Lee Z J
Hong Kong Ng K L vs Netherlands M Caljouw
Thailand K Wangcharoen vs Japan K Momota
Points Award System
The BWF World Tour Super 750 event’s point allocation for each round of the competition based on the BWF points system is shown below. As per BWF, the Men’s singles winner will get 11,000 BWF points and runner-up will get 9,300 BWF points. The huge number of points at stake will surely motivate the players looking to rise in the BWF World Rankings.
| Winner | Runner-up | 3/4 | 5/8 | 9/16 | 17/32 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11,000 | 9,350 | 7,700 | 6,050 | 4,320 | 2,660 |
Prize Money Pool Distribution
With the prize money being distributed in accordance with BWF rules, the total prize money is US$650,000.
| 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 28th June, the BWF Malaysia Open 2022 can be seen live in India on Voot Select and at BWF TV, the organization’s official YouTube channel.
| 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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