The Orleans Masters Badminton begin today, on 4th April 2023, Tuesday, check out the draws, full schedule, top seeds, prize money, how to watch live streaming telecast in India
The tournament is a Super 300 event and marks the final tournament in the European leg of the BWF Tour.
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The tournament will feature top foreign players like Kenta Nishimoto, Kanta Tsuneyama, Carolina Marin, Busanan Ongbamrungphan.
Meanwhile, Indian stars like, Saina Nehwal and Men’s Doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will lead the draws.
Orleans Masters 2021 defending champions
Given below is the full list of the previous edition’s champions:
| Category | Player | Country |
| Men’s singles | Toma Junior Popov | France |
| Women’s singles | Putri Kusuma Wardhini | Indonesia |
| Men’s doubles | Ruben Jillie/Tiles van der Lecq | Netherlands |
| Women’s doubles | Gabriela Stoeva/Stefani Stoeva | Bulgaria |
| Mixed doubles | Terry Hee/Tan Wei Han | Singapore |
Orleans Masters 2023 full schedule
| Round | Date |
| 1st round | April 4 and April 5 |
| 2nd round | April 6 |
| Quarter-final | April 7 |
| Semi-final | April 8 |
| Final | April 9 |
Orleans Masters 2023 Prize Money
| Event | Winner | Finalist | Semi-finals | Quarter-finals |
| Singles | $6,750 | $3,420 | $1,305 | $540 |
| Doubles | $7,110 | $3,420 | $1,260 | $652.50 |
Orleans Masters 2023 top seeds
Men’s Singles
| Player | Country |
| Kenta Nishimoto | Japan |
| Kanta Tsuneyama | Japan |
| Chico Dwi Wardoyo | Indonesia |
| Anders Antonsen | Denmark |
| Toma Junior Popov | France |
| Ng Tze Yong | Malaysia |
| Kantaphon Wangchaoren | Thailand |
Women’s Singles
| Player | Country |
| Carolina Marin | Spain |
| Busanan Ongbumrungphan | Thailand |
| Gregoria Mariska Tunjung | Indonesia |
| Michelle Li | Canada |
| Hsu Wen-chi | Chinese Taipei |
| Beiwen Zhang | USA |
| Kirsty Gilmour | Scotland |
| Line Kjaersfeldt | Denmark |
Men’s Doubles
| Player | Country |
| Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty | India |
| Leo Rolly Carnando/Daniel Marthin | Indonesia |
| Muhammad Shohibul Fikri/Bagas Maulana | Indonesia |
| Ben Lane/Sean Vendy | England |
| Pramudya Kusumawardana/Yeremia Rambitan | Indonesia |
| Alexander Dunn/Adam Hall | Scotland |
| MR Arjun/Dhruv Kapila | India |
| Keiichiro Matsui/Yoshinori Takeuchi | Japan |
Women’s Doubles
| Players | Country |
| Febriana Kusuma/Amalia Pratiwi | Indonesia |
| Maiken Fruergaard/Sara Thygesen | Denmark |
| Rui Hirokami/Yuna Kato | Japan |
| Lee Chia-hsin/Teng Chun-hsun | Chinese Taipei |
| Margot Lambert/Anne Tran | France |
| Rena Miyaura/Ayako Sakuramoto | Japan |
| Chloe Birch/Lauren Smith | England |
| Juliee MacPherson/Ciara Torrance | Scotland |
Mixed Doubles
| Players | Country |
| Thom Gicquel/Delphine Delrue | France |
| Tan Kian Meng/Lai Pei Jing | Malaysia |
| Rinov Rivaldy/Pitha Mentari | Indonesia |
| Rehan Kusharjanto/Lisa Kusumawati | Indonesia |
| Mathias Christiansen/Alexandre Boje | Denmark |
| Praveen Jordan/Melati Oktavianti | Indonesia |
| Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei | Malaysia |
| Marcus Ellis/Lauren Smith | England |
2023 Orleans Masters Badminton draws and Indian stars
Given below are the draws for the Orleans Masters 2023:
Men’s singles
Kiran George, Mithun Manjunath, Sameer Verma and Sai Praneeth are the Indian players in action in the Men’s singles. Both Kiran George and Mithun Manjunath are in the same draw and in the first round, they will face Mark Caljouw and Denmark’s Victor Svendensen respectively.
Meanwhile, the seeded players in the quarter for that draw are Kenta Nishimoto and fifth seed Rasmus Gemke. Kiran George will likely meet Nishimoto in the second round if he wins in the first round.
Sameer Verma is the only Indian to feature in the second quarter of the upcoming edition. Verma will face Nhat Nguyen in the first round. Verma enters the tournament after recently losing out from the second round at last week’s Madrid Masters. If Verma wins the first round, he will face off against Chico Dwi Wardoyo in the second round.
Meanwhile, the fourth and final Indian player, Sai Praneeth, will also begin his campaign at the Orleans Masters following a second round exit from last week’s Madrid Masters. Praneeth will first face a qualifier in the first round and will likely face either Kanta Tsuneyama or Koki Watanabe in the second round.
Women’s singles
Indian star, Saina Nehwal also features in the entry list at the Orleans Masters 2023. However, her playing status remains unknown as she has been out of action since the Indonesia Masters in January. If she does play, Saina will face a qualifier match in the first round. Following which she will likely face Carolina Marin is she enters the second round.
Aakarshi Kashyap will play in the second quarter against Japan’s Natsuki Nidaira. Following the match, Kashyap will likely face third seed Gregoria Tunjung if she progresses into the second round.
Meanwhile, Malvika Bansod will begin her Orleans Masters campaign against Yvonne Li in the first round. However, her fitness is still a concern as Bansod retired from the Madrid Masters last week.
Men’s doubles
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are the top seeds at the Orleans Masters this year. The duo is scheduled to face off against Netherlands’ Ruben Jillie and Ties van der Lecq in the first round. Last week, the duo had to withdraw from their first round contest at the Madrid Masters due to Satwik’s injury.
Another Indian pair Krishnaprasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala are in the third quarter. They will face off against eighth seed Keiichiro Matsui and Yoshinori Takeuchi in the first round of the Orleans Masters.
Meanwhile, Dhruv Kapila and MR Arjun are the final pair representing India in the seventh seed. The pair is in the final quarter and will face Thailand’s Chaloempon Chareonkitamorn and Nanthakarn Yordphaisong in the first round. Kapila and Arjun are coming off a second round defeat at the Madrid Masters last week. As such, they will be looking to make a deeper impact in the coming week at Orleans.
Women’s doubles
Indian women’s doubles players Simran Singhi and Ritika Thaker are unseeded and will face Indonesia’s Lanny Mayasari and Ribka Sugiarto. The duo last played at the Thailand Masters and sadly exited from the first round.
Sikki Reddy and Arathi Sunil are the other Women’s Doubles pair who will face Ukraine’s Yelyzaveta Zharka and Mariia Stoliarenko in the first round. Last week at Madrid, the duo entered the second round, and they are looking for a better performance this week.
Orleans Masters Badminton how to watch live streaming
Fans can watch the live streaming of the Orleans Masters Badminton on the BWF’s official Youtube Channel BWF TV and also on the Jio Cinema app and website.
There will be no live telecast of the event on a TV channel in India.
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