On Wednesday at the 2023 Orleans Masters, Indian shuttlers had an eventful day as medal hopes Sai Praneeth and Saina Nehwal crashed out after their heartbreaking first-round defeats, we examine the badminton tournament’s schedule, draw, results, score, seeded players, tickets, & streaming information
During Wednesday’s opening round of the BWF World Tour Super 300 Orleans Masters, Anders Antonsen was the notable casualty. With his 21-12, 5-21, 20-10 victory over the former world number two from Denmark, French teenager Alex Lanier thrilled the home audience and claimed the biggest victory of his short career.
Orleans Masters badminton 2023 results today, day 3 schedule, date, time, draw, score, live stream telecast
Orléans Masters Badminton 2023 presented by VICTOR
MS – R32
22 21 🇲🇾LEONG Jun Hao🥇20 17 🇮🇳SAI PRANEETH B.
🕚 in 47 minutes
— BWFScore (@BWFScore) April 5, 2023
2023 Orleans Masters singles day 3 schedule, date, venue, fixtures, & second-round draw
After her defeat on home soil the previous weekend, Rio 2016 Olympic champion Carolina Marin of Spain got off to a good start in France by defeating Denmark’s Line Christophersen 21-9, 21-18 in just 34 minutes. Saina Nehwal, the bronze medalist from London 2012, lost to Turkish player Neslihan Yigit 21-16, 21-14, continuing a poor run of form. Nishimoto Kenta, the winner of the Spain Masters last week, began his quest for back-to-back victories by defeating Chia Hao Lee of Chinese Taipei 21-18, 21-11.
According to Wednesday’s results, Mithun Manjunath will compete against Taiwanese shuttler Chi Yu-jen to see who qualifies for the quarterfinal. Meanwhile, Rajawat will clash against top-seed Nishimoto with a spot in the next round at stake. Fans can get tickets here to attend the second-round games of this much anticipated event.
Below, we look at upcoming schedule of 2023 Orléans Masters:
April 6: Round of 16 matches will begin (from 11:30 AM GMT or 5:00 PM IST)
7th April: Quarter-finals begin
April 8: Semi-finals begin
9th April: Finals begin
2023 Orléans Masters (badminton): singles draw & schedule
Men’s Singles First Round Results (4th – 5th April)
Japan K Nishimoto 21 21
vs
Chinese Taipei Lee C-h 18 11
India P Rajawat 21 21
vs
India K George 18 13
Denmark R Gemke 12 9r
vs
Chinese Taipei Chi Y-j 21 11
Denmark V Svendsen 22 23
vs
India M Manjunath 24 25
Czech Republic J Louda 21 21
vs
Thailand S Thammasin 18 15
Republic of Ireland N Nguyen 19 21 21
vs
India Sa Verma 21 19 17
Malaysia Soong J V 20 3r
vs
Israel M Zilberman 22 5
France B Leverdez 17 11
vs
Spain L E Peñalver 21 21
Sweden F Burestedt 21 12 12
vs
France C Popov 17 21 21
China Lei LX 21 21
vs
Germany K Schäfer 16 12
Denmark M Christophersen 21 21
vs
Chinese Taipei Lin C-y 14 9
France A Lanier 21 5 21
vs
Denmark A Antonsen 12 21 10
Denmark M Johannesen 21 21
vs
Malaysia Cheam J W 19 10
Indonesia C Adinata 16 21 21
vs
France T J Popov 21 19 16
India B. Sai Praneeth 20 17
vs
Malaysia Leong J H 22 21
Japan K Watanabe 13 21 21
vs
Japan K Tsuneyama 21 7 8
Women’s Singles First Round Results (4th – 5th April)
Spain C Marín 21 21
vs
Denmark L Christophersen 9 18
India S Nehwal 16 14
vs
Turkey N Yiğit 21 21
Chinese Taipei Hsu W-c 13 13
vs
Singapore Yeo J M 21 21
Denmark J D Jakobsen 19 13
vs
Indonesia E N T Wardoyo 21 21
France L Huet 17 18
vs
India T Hemanth 21 21
India A Kashyap 8 21 8
vs
Japan N Nidaira 21 13 21
Denmark L Kjærsfeldt 22 21
vs
France R O Pancasari 20 18
Chinese Taipei Sung S-y 15 21 21
vs
Belgium L Tan 21 16 18
Germany Y Li 20 21 21
vs
India T Mir 22 13 5
Spain C Azurmendi 22 20 11
vs
Scotland K Gilmour 20 22 21
China Gao FJ
vs
United States L Lam
Indonesia P K Wardani 21
vs
Canada WY Zhang 12
Canada T Ng 21 23
vs
Japan A Ohori 19 21
France Qi XF 8 12
vs
United States BW Zhang 21 21
United States I Wang
vs
Malaysia Kisona S
Myanmar Thet Htar T 22 21
vs
India A Chaliha 20 17
Men’s Singles Second Round Schedule (6th April)
Japan K Nishimoto vs India P Rajawat
Chinese Taipei Chi Y-j vs India M Manjunath
Czech Republic J Louda vs Republic of Ireland N Nguyen
Israel M Zilberman vs Spain L E Peñalver
France C Popov vs China Lei LX
Denmark M Christophersen vs France A Lanier
Denmark M Johannesen vs Indonesia C Adinata
Malaysia Leong J H vs Japan K Watanabe
Women’s Singles Second Round Schedule (6th April)
Spain C Marín vs Turkey N Yiğit
Singapore Yeo J M vs Indonesia E N T Wardoyo
India T Hemanth vs Japan N Nidaira
Denmark L Kjærsfeldt vs Chinese Taipei Sung S-y
Germany Y Li vs Scotland K Gilmour
Canada T Ng vs United States BW Zhang
Myanmar Thet Htar T vs TBD
2023 Orléans Masters: prize money distribution
Because the Orléans Masters is a BWF Super 300 event, each singles category winner will receive $18,000 from the $240,000 total prize fund. Additionally, the semi-final losers will only receive $3,480 while the singles runner-up will receive $9,120. The first-round losers of this competition including Sai Praneeth and Saina Nehwal will return home empty-handed.
| Event | Winner | Finalist | Semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Last 16 |
| Singles | $18,000 | $9,120 | $3,480 | $1,440 | $840 |
| Doubles | $18,960 | $9,120 | $3,360 | $1,740 | $900 |
When & Where to watch: live stream & telecast of Orléans Masters
On the Badminton World Federation’s BWF TV official YouTube website, live streaming of the Orléans Masters 2023 events will be available. There is currently no confirmation of any Indian TV channel airing the Orléans Masters of badminton live.