We examine the quarterfinal results, semi-final schedule, results, score, tickets, & streaming information of the 2023 Thailand Open badminton that saw heartbreaking defeat for Kiran George on Friday
Thanks to his stellar play at the 2023 Thailand Open, Lakshya Sen has qualified for his first semi-final of the 2023 BWF World Tour. On Saturday, he will play against second-seed Thai shuttler Kunlavut Vitidsarn with a spot in Sunday’s championship match at stake.
BWF Thailand Open badminton 2023 results today, semi-final schedule, date, time, draw, live stream telecast where to watch
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2023 Thailand Open semi-final schedule, date, venue, & quarterfinal results
Lakshya Sen qualified for the Thailand Open semifinal thanks to his resounding straight-set victory by score of 21-19, 21-11 against Malaysian shuttler Leong Jun Hao in the men’s singles quarterfinal. Despite his stellar display against French star Toma Junior Popov, Indian shuttler Kiran lost his quarterfinal tie by score of 16-21, 17-21 and crashed out from the tournament. Following these results of Friday, it is confirmed that Sen will face-off against second-seed Vitidsarn in Saturday’s semi-final tie. In the other men’s single semi-final, Toma Junior Popov will clash against Lee Cheuk Yiu.
Below, we look at upcoming schedule of 2023 Thailand Open:
June 3: Semi-Finals begin (from 11:30 AM GMT or 5:00 PM IST)
4th June: Finals begin
2023 Thailand Open: quarterfinal results (2nd June)
| CATEGORY | ORDER | MATCH | SET-1 | SET-2 | SET-3 |
| MEN’S SINGLES | 1 | Malaysia Ng T Y | 19 | 21 | – |
| Hong Kong Lee C Y | 21 | 23 | – | ||
| 2 | India K George | 16 | 17 | – | |
| France T J Popov | 21 | 21 | – | ||
| 3 | Malaysia Leong J H | 19 | 11 | – | |
| India L Sen | 21 | 21 | – | ||
| 4 | China Lu GZ | 21 | 14 | 11 | |
| Thailand K Vitidsarn | 18 | 21 | 21 | ||
| WOMEN’S SINGLES | 1 | South Korea An S-y | 21 | 21 | – |
| China Han Y | 16 | 18 | – | ||
| 2 | Spain C Marín | 21 | 21 | – | |
| Canada M Li | 19 | 12 | – | ||
| 3 | Thailand P Chochuwong | 10 | 19 | – | |
| China He BJ | 21 | 21 | – | ||
| 4 | Denmark M Blichfeldt | 21 | 21 | – | |
| Singapore Yeo J M | 11 | 9 | – | ||
| MEN’S DOUBLES | 1 | Indonesia M S Fikri | 21 | 19 | 21 |
| Indonesia B Maulana | |||||
| Chinese Taipei Lu C-y | 18 | 21 | 17 | ||
| Chinese Taipei Yang P-h | |||||
| 2 | China Ren XY | 16 | 14 | – | |
| China Tan Q | |||||
| South Korea Choi S-g | 21 | 21 | – | ||
| South Korea Kim W-h | |||||
| 3 | Indonesia S K Gutama | 21 | 15 | 12 | |
| Indonesia M R P Isfahani | |||||
| China Liang WK | 16 | 21 | 21 | ||
| China Wang C | |||||
| 4 | Indonesia M F Gideon | 17 | 22 | 21 | |
| Indonesia K S Sukamuljo | |||||
| South Korea Kang M-h | 21 | 20 | 18 | ||
| South Korea Seo S-j | |||||
| WOMEN’S DOUBLES | 1 | South Korea Kim S-y | 15 | 21 | 21 |
| South Korea Kong H-y | |||||
| South Korea Lee Y-l | 21 | 11 | 7 | ||
| South Korea Shin S-c | |||||
| 2 | Thailand J Kititharakul | 21 | 21 | – | |
| Thailand R Prajongjai | |||||
| South Korea Jeong N-e | 17 | 14 | – | ||
| South Korea Kim H-j | |||||
| 3 | China Liu SS | 20 | 14 | – | |
| China Tan N | |||||
| South Korea Baek H-n | 22 | 21 | – | ||
| South Korea Lee S-h | |||||
| 4 | Thailand B Aimsaard | 21 | 21 | – | |
| Thailand N Aimsaard | |||||
| Japan R Iwanaga | 17 | 7 | – | ||
| Japan K Nakanishi | |||||
| MIXED DOUBLES | 1 | Thailand D Puavaranukroh | 21 | 21 | – |
| Thailand S Taerattanachai | |||||
| Netherlands R Tabeling | 16 | 12 | – | ||
| Netherlands S Piek | |||||
| 2 | Japan Y Kaneko | 16 | 11 | – | |
| Japan M Matsutomo | |||||
| Denmark M Christiansen | 21 | 21 | – | ||
| Denmark A Bøje | |||||
| 3 | South Korea Kim W-h | 16 | 21 | 21 | |
| South Korea Jeong N-e | |||||
| Hong Kong Tang C M | 21 | 13 | 15 | ||
| Hong Kong Tse Y S | |||||
| 4 | Chinese Taipei Ye H-w | 21 | 21 | – | |
| Chinese Taipei Lee C-h | |||||
| Japan H Midorikawa | 18 | 9 | – | ||
| Japan N Saito |
2023 Thailand Open: prize money distribution
Each singles champion at the Thailand Open will get $31,500 from the $420,000 total prize pool because it is a BWF Super 500 event. It is known that the losing semi-finalists will only receive $6,090, while each singles runner-up will receive $15,960. It’s anticipated that the competition’s quarterfinal losers including Kiran George will return home with prize money of $2,520.
| Event | Winner | Finalist | Semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Last 16 |
| Singles | $31,500 | $15,960 | $6,090 | $2,520 | $1,470 |
| Doubles | $33,180 | $15,960 | $5,880 | $3,045 | $1,575 |
When & Where to watch: live stream & telecast of Thailand Open
Fans may watch all matches from the 2023 Thailand Open via BWF’s official YouTube channel, BWF TV. The semi-final matches, including Lakshya Sen vs. Kunlavut Vitidsarn, will be live broadcast on Sports 18-1, and JioCinema may also provide live streaming.