After her disastrous start to the 2023 BWF World Tour, Indian ace PV Sindhu will hope to perform her best at the 2023 Swiss Open badminton by retaining her title, here, we examine the tournament’s schedule, draw, seeded players, tickets, & streaming information
The 2023 BWF Swiss Open, which is scheduled to take place from March 21 to March 26 in Basel’s St. Jakobshalle, will feature all of the top shuttlers. Moreover, there will be a $210,000 net prize for this challenge.
BWF Swiss Open badminton 2023 schedule, date, time, draw, tickets, players list, prize money, live streaming telecast
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2023 Swiss Open singles schedule, date, venue, fixtures, & first-round draw
At the men’s singles event of the 2023 Swiss Open, last year runner-up HS Prannoy is seeded fifth and is placed in the first quarter of the draw. To begin his campaign, Prannoy will face-off against in-form Shi Yuqi. If Prannoy manages to overcome Yuqi, he will probably face Anders Antonsen in the second-round. It has been confirmed that Kantaphon Wangchaoren will be Antonsen’s opponent in the first round. Lakshya Sen, the eighth seed, will compete against Lee Cheuk Yiu of Hong Kong.
Being the defending champion, Sindhu will hope for a turnaround in her fortune and as the fourth seed, she is included in the third quarter of the draw alongside Saina Nehwal. It is possible that Saina Nehwal will face Sindhu in the second-round, if she manages to bypass Lalinrat Chaiwan of Thailand. To watch this eagerly awaited event in-person, fans can purchase their tickets from here.
Below, we look at upcoming schedule of 2023 Swiss Open:
21st & 22nd March: First-round matches will begin (from 10:00am GMT or 3:30 PM IST)
March 23: Round of 16 matches will begin
24th March: Quarter-finals begin
March 25: Semi-finals begin
26th March: Finals begin
2023 Swiss Open (badminton): singles draw & schedule
Men’s Singles First Round Schedule (21st – 22nd March)
Denmark V Axelsen vs Indonesia C A Dwi Wardoyo
Chinese Taipei Lin C-y vs Canada B Yang
India Prannoy HS vs China Shi YQ
Denmark A Antonsen vs Thailand K Wangcharoen
Chinese Taipei Chou T-c vs Chinese Taipei Wang T-w
China Lu GZ vs Malaysia Liew D
China Weng HY vs India S Kidambi
Hong Kong Lee C Y vs India L Sen
Denmark H-K Vittinghus vs France T J Popov
Thailand S Thammasin vs Thailand K Vitidsarn
Indonesia S H Rhustavito vs Republic of Ireland N Nguyen
China Li SF vs Malaysia Lee Z J
Women’s Singles First Round Schedule (21st – 22nd March)
China Wang ZY vs China Zhang YM
Denmark L Christophersen vs Denmark M Blichfeldt
China Han Y vs Chinese Taipei Hsu W-c
Thailand R Intanon vs Japan R Gunji
United States Zhang BW vs Japan N Nidaira
Belgium L Tan vs Chinese Taipei Pai Y-p
Malaysia Goh J W vs Denmark L Kjærsfeldt
Thailand L Chaiwan vs India S Nehwal
Switzerland J Stadelmann vs India P. V. Sindhu
Germany Y Li vs Thailand B Ongbamrungphan
Canada M Li vs Chinese Taipei Sung S-y
Indonesia G M Tunjung vs Spain C Marín
2023 Swiss Open: BWF points award system
Each Swiss Open category winner will receive 7,000 BWF points, while the runner-up would receive roughly 5,950 points, according to BWF. Meanwhile, the loser of each semifinal match would be awarded 4,900 points according to the BWF Points System.
| Winner | Runner-up | 3/4 | 5/8 | 9/16 | 17/32 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7,000 | 5,950 | 4,900 | 3,850 | 2,750 | 1,670 |
2023 Swiss Open: prize money distribution
It has been revealed that each singles category winner will receive $15,750 from the $210,000 total prize pool because Swiss Open is a famous BWF Super 300 event. The singles runner-up will receive $7,500 in contrast to the semi-final losers’ $3,045 payout.
| 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 Swiss Open
In some regions, Olympic Channel will stream the Swiss Open live via Olympics.com. Also, it will be televised globally, via regional broadcast partners, and on the BWF YouTube channel.