On Wednesday at the 2023 Madrid Spain Masters, Indian shuttlers had an eventful day as nine of them managed to overcome their first-round challenge and qualify for the second stage here, we examine the tournament’s schedule, draw, results, score, seeded players, tickets, & streaming information
At the 2023 Madrid Spain Masters, Kidambi Srikanth and PV Sindhu have began their title quest in style with their respective straight-set victories in the first-round. However, Swiss Open champions Satwik & Chirag withdrew from the competition owing to injury, which will be a major setback to Indian medal hopes.
BWF Madrid Spain Masters badminton 2023 results today, day 3 schedule, date, time, draw, score, tickets, players list, prize money, live streaming telecast
Madrid Spain Masters 2023
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2023 Spain Masters singles day 3 schedule, date, venue, fixtures, & second-round draw
At the Madrid Masters 2023, India had a fantastic Wednesday with nine shuttlers winning their respective first-round matches in Men’s & Women’s Singles. In particular, PV Sindu, Kidambi Srikanth, Sameer Verma, & Sai Praneeth all won their opening round matches and qualified for the second round. Ayako Sakuramoto & Rena Miyaura of Japan defeated Treesa Jolly & Gayatri Gopichand in the Women’s Doubles first round match. Meanwhile, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty, the Swiss Open champions, were forced to forfeit because of injury during their match against Ayato Endo & Yuta Takei of Japan.
Following results of Wednesday, it is confirmed that second-seed PV Sindhu will face-off against Indonesian shuttler Wardani to determine who qualifies for the quarterfinal. To watch this eagerly awaited event’s second-round matches in-person, fans can purchase their tickets from here.
Below, we look at upcoming schedule of 2023 Spain Masters:
March 30: Round of 16 matches will begin (from 10:00am GMT or 3:30 PM IST)
31st March: Quarter-finals begin
April 1: Semi-finals begin
2nd April: Finals begin
2023 Spain Masters (badminton): singles draw & schedule
Men’s Singles First Round Results (28th – 29th March)
Japan K Nishimoto 21 23 22
vs
Chinese Taipei Lee C-h 11 25 20
France A Merklé 21 21
vs
France B Leverdez 15 14
India S Kidambi 21 25 23
vs
Thailand S Thammasin 11 27 21
Czech Republic J Louda 16 21 12
vs
India B. Sai Praneeth 21 18 21
Spain L E Peñalver 21 16 15
vs
Denmark M Johannesen 16 21 21
India M Manjunath 16 14
vs
India K George 21 21
France T J Popov 21 16 21
vs
Chinese Taipei Lin C-y 17 21 19
India P Rajawat 18 21 21
vs
Denmark V Svendsen 21 16 11
Guatemala K Cordón 12 13
vs
France C Popov 21 21
Japan K Watanabe 18 21 21
vs
Chinese Taipei Wang T-w 21 10 12
Israel M Zilberman 21 21
vs
Brazil J Matias 18 10
Brazil Y Coelho 13 17
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Denmark A Antonsen 21 21
Indonesia C Adinata 21 21
vs
Malaysia Cheam J W 15 13
Denmark M Christophersen 21 12 16
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Denmark R Gemke 12 21 21
India S Verma 21 14 21
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Republic of Ireland N Nguyen 9 21 17
Canada B Yang 13 19
vs
Japan K Tsuneyama 21 21
Women’s Singles First Round Results (28th – 29th March)
Spain C Marín 21 21
vs
Denmark L Kjærsfeldt 14 11
India M Bansod 21 16 21
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Malaysia Kisona S 19 21 9
Canada M Li 21 15 18
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India A Kashyap 12 21 21
Canada W Y Zhang 13 11
vs
Japan N Nidaira 21 21
United States L Lam 21 19 21
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Ukraine P Buhrova 11 21 14
France Qi XF 21 16 13
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Denmark L Christophersen 18 21 21
Indonesia G M Tunjung 21 21
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Scotland K Gilmour 19 12
Spain C Azurmendi 21 21
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Spain A Setién 18 13
Japan R Gunji 11 21 15r
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United States BW Zhang 21 19 12
Canada T Ng 22 11
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Singapore Yeo J M 24 22
France L Huet 12 20
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India A Chaliha 21 22
Denmark M Blichfeldt 10 21 21
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United States I Wang 21 12 7
Chinese Taipei Sung S-y 16 17
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Chinese Taipei Hsu W-c 21 21
Belgium L Tan 19 9
vs
Indonesia P K Wardani 21 21
Switzerland J Stadelmann 10 14
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India P. V. Sindhu 21 21
Men’s Singles Second Round Schedule (30th March)
Japan K Nishimoto vs France A Merklé
India S Kidambi vs India B. Sai Praneeth
Denmark M Johannesen vs India K George
France T J Popov vs India P Rajawat
France C Popov vs Japan K Watanabe
Israel M Zilberman vs Denmark A Antonsen
Indonesia C Adinata vs Denmark R Gemke
India S Verma vs Japan K Tsuneyama
Women’s Singles Second Round Schedule (30th March)
Spain C Marín vs India M Bansod
India A Kashyap vs Japan N Nidaira
United States L Lam vs Denmark L Christophersen
Indonesia G M Tunjung vs South Korea Kim G-e
Spain C Azurmendi vs United States BW Zhang
Singapore Yeo J M vs India A Chaliha
Denmark M Blichfeldt vs Chinese Taipei Hsu W-c
Indonesia P K Wardani vs India P. V. Sindhu
2023 Spain Masters: BWF points award system
Each Madrid Spain Masters category winner will receive 7,000 BWF points, while the runner-up would receive roughly 5,950 points, according to BWF. Given that Mithun Manjunath only earned 1,670 BWF points from this competition, his loss in the first round may cause him to fall in the BWF World Rankings.
| Winner | Runner-up | 3/4 | 5/8 | 9/16 | 17/32 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7,000 | 5,950 | 4,900 | 3,850 | 2,750 | 1,670 |
2023 Spain Masters: prize money distribution
According to reports, each singles category winner at the famed BWF Super 300 event Swiss Open will receive $15,750 from the $210,000 total prize pool. The singles runner-up will receive $7,500 while the semifinal losers will only receive $3,045 each. Unexpectedly eliminated in the first round, Mithun Manjunath and Michelle Li will now go empty-handed.
| Event | Winner | Finalist | Semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Last 16 |
| Singles | $15,750 | $7,980 | $3,045 | $1,260 | $735 |
| Doubles | $16,590 | $7,980 | $2,940 | $1,522.5 | $787.5 |
When & Where to watch: live stream & telecast of Spain Masters
There will be live streaming of the Madrid Spain Masters 2023 through the Badminton World Federation’s official YouTube channel, BWF TV. On this YouTube channel, Indian viewers may watch the second-round match featuring Sindhu vs. Wardani live on Thursday.