Australian Open 2023: Following the Japan Open, the BWF Tour moves to Australia. The Australian Open has been upgraded to Super 500 and it will feature big names like Anthony Ginting, An Se-young, Indonesia’s Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto. This is the nineteenth tournament in the tour this year and got underway on Tuesday, 1st August 2023. India’s HS Prannoy, PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen will also be in action in the tournament. Check all you need to know about Australian Open Badminton 2023.
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Defending Champions
Men’s Singles – Shi Yu Qi (China)
Women’s Singles – An Se Young (South Korea)
Men’s Doubles – Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi (China)
Women’s Doubles – Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu (China)
Mixed Doubles – Seo Seung-jae/Chae Yoo-jung (South Korea)
Schedule
1st round– August 1 & 2
2nd round– August 3
Quarter-final– August 4
Semi-final– August 5
Final – August 6
Prize Money
| Event | Winner | Finalist | Semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Last 16 | |
| Singles | $31,500 | $15,960 | $6,090 | $2,520 | $1470 | |
| Doubles | $33,180 | $15,960 | $5,880 | $3,045 | $1,575 |
Australian Open Top Seeds
Men’s Singles
- Anthony Ginting (Indonesia)
- Kodai Naraoka (Japan)
- Shi Yu Qi (China)
- Loh Kean Yew (Singapore)
- Chou Tien Chen (Chinese Taipei)
- HS Prannoy (India)
- Jonatan Christie (Indonesia)
- Li Shi Feng (China)
Women’s Singles
- An Se-young (South Korea)
- Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand)
- Pornpawee Chochuwong (Thailand)
- Beiwen Zhang (USA)
- PV Sindhu (India)
- Supanida Katethong (Thailand)
- Kim Ga-eun (South Korea)
- Aya Ohori (Japan)
Men’s Doubles
- Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto (Indonesia)
- Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik (Malaysia)
- Takuro Hoki/Yugo Kobayashi (Japan)
- Ong Yew Sin/Teo Ee Yi (Malaysia)
- Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan (Indonesia)
- Leo Carnando/Daniel Marthin (Indonesia)
- Choi Sol-gyu/Kim Won-ho (South Korea)
- Kang Min-hyuk/Seo Seung-jae (South Korea)
Women’s Doubles
- Baek Ha-Na/Lee So-hee (South Korea)
- Kim So-yeong/Kong Hee-yong (South Korea)
- Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu (China)
- Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara (Japan)
- Jeong Na-eun/Kim Hye-jeong (South Korea)
- Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota (Japan)
- Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Ramadhanti (Indonesia)
- Jongkolphon Kititharakul/Rawinda Prajongjai (Thailand)
Mixed Doubles
- Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino (Japan)
- Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping (China)
- Seo Seung-jae/Chae Yu-jung (South Korea)
- Kim Won-ho/Jeong Na-eun (South Korea)
- Goh Soon Huat/Shevon Jemie Lai (Malaysia)
- Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin (China)
- Rehan Kusharjanto/Lisa Kusumawati (Indonesia)
- Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei (Malaysia)
Australian Open Draws
Men’s Singles
World No.9 HS Prannoy is the sixth seed in the Men’s Singles in the tournament. He is set to begin his campaign by facing Hong Kong’s Lee Cheuk Yiu in the opening round. Much recently he lost in the second round at the Korea Open against the Hong Kong players. Prannoy now eye for a revenge and will also be wary of the challenge.
Lakshya Sen is also placed in the same quarter and he begins his campaign against fellow Indian Kiran George. Lakshya Sen has been in good touch with semifinal appearances in his last two tournaments. Those performances helped him rise up to the 11th spot in the rankings.
Priyanshu Rajawat and Kidambi Srikanth find themselves in the second quarter of the draw. Rajawat faces Australia’s unseeded wildcard entrant Nathan Tang in the opening round. Srikanth meanwhile will be up against Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto. This is a relatively easier quarter as it does not have any seeded player.
Mithun Manjunath finds himself in he third quarter of the draw. The National Champion will be up against fourth seeded Singaporean Loh Kean Yew in the opening round.
Women’s Singles
PV Sindhu is the only seeded player in the Women’s Doubles. The fifth seed will face fellow compatriot Ashmitha Chaliha in the first round of the tournament. After failing to win the first round contests at the Japan Open and Korea Open, Sindhu has a great opportunity to make a comeback.
If she advances to the second round, she is likely to face compatriot Aakarshi Kashyap or Malaysia’s unseeded Goh Jin Wei in the second round. Malvika Bansod and Tasnim Mir also will be in action in the first round. Both the players are in the same quarter. Bansod will face Chinese Taipei’s Pai yu Po in the opening round. Mir will take on Indonesia’s Komang Dewi.
Women’s Doubles
In the Women’s Doubles, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand are the only remaining pair in the tournament. The unseeded pair began their campaign with a 21-18, 21-17 win against Catherine Choi and Josephine Wu.
Meanwhile, Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa bowed out of the tournament. They lost to Indonesia’s Febriana Kusuma and Amalia Pritwi in the first round.
Mixed Doubles
Rohan Kapoor and Sikki Reddy will begin their campaign by facing South Korea’s third seed Seo Seung Jae and Chae Yoo Jung in the opening round. India will also have another pair in Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa. They will face Japan’s unseeded Hiroki Mirodikawa and Natsu Saito in the opening round.
Where to watch Australian Open 2023 LIVE Streaming?
The matches can be watched LIVE on BWF’s Official YouTube Channel BWF TV.
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