BWF World Championships LIVE: World’s top shuttlers are set to battle in the BWF World Championships 2023. The annual event is all set to get underway from Monday, 21st August 2023. Defending champion Viktor Axelsen, Akane Yamaguchi lead the singles draw in the tourament. Meanwhile HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen, PV Sindhu and Men’s Doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lead India’s action in the tournament. Check All you need to know about BWF World Championships 2023.
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Defending Champions
Men’s Singles – Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)
Women’s Singles – Akane Yamaguchi (Japan)
Men’s Doubles – Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik (Malaysia)
Women’s Doubles – Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan (China)
Mixed Doubles – Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong (China)
Schedule
1st round– August 21
2nd round– August 22
3rd round– August 23
Quarter-final– August 24
Semi-Final – August 25
Final – August 26
Prize Money
| Event | Winner | Finalist | Semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Last 16 | |
| Singles | $120,000 | $60,000 | $6,090 | $2,520 | $1470 | |
| Doubles | $33,180 | $15,960 | $5,880 | $3,045 | $1,575 |
BWF World Championships Top Seeds
Men’s Singles
- Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)
- Anthony Ginting (Indonesia)
- Kunlavut Vitudsarn (Thailand)
- Kodai Naraoka (Japan)
- Jonatan Christie (Indonesia)
- Li Shi Feng (China)
- Loh Kean Yew (Singapore)
- Shi Yu Qi (China)
- HS Prannoy (India)
- Chou Tien Chen (Chinese Taipei)
- Lakshya Sen (India)
- Anders Antonsen (Denmark)
- Lu Guangzu (China)
- Kenta Nishimoto (Japan)
- Lee Cheuk Yiu (Hong Kong)
- Angus Ng Ka Long (Hong Kong)
Women’s Singles
- An Se-young (South Korea)
- Akane Yamaguchi (Japan)
- Chen Yufei (China)
- Tai Tzu Ying (Chinese Taipei)
- He Bingjiao (China)
- Carolina Marin (Spain)
- Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand)
- Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (Indonesia)
- Han Yue (China)
- Wang Zhi Yi (China)
- Pornpawee Chochuwong (Thailand)
- Beiwen Zhang (USA)
- Busanan Ongbamrungphan (Thailand)
- Michelle Li (Canada)
- Mia Blichfeldt (Denmark)
- PV Sindhu (India)
Men’s Doubles
- Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto (Indonesia)
- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty (India)
- Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang (China)
- Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik (Malaysia)
- Takuro Hoki/Yugo Kobayashi (Japan)
- Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi (China)
- Ong Yew Sin/Teo Ee Yi (Malaysia)
- Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan (Indonesia)
- Kang Min-hyuk/Seo Seung-jae (South Korea)
- Leo Carnando/Daniel Marthin (Indonesia)
- Kim Astrup/Anders Rasmussen (Indonesia)
- Choi Sol-gyu/Kim Won-ho (South Korea)
- Muhammad Fikri/Bagas Maulana (Indonesia)
- Lee Yang/Wang Chi-lin (Chinese Taipei)
- Lu Ching-yao/Yang Po-han (Chinese Taipei)
- He Jiting/Zhou Haodong (China)
Women’s Doubles
- Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan (China)
- Baek Ha-Na/Lee So-hee (South Korea)
- Kim So-yeong/Kong Hee-yong (South Korea)
- Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara (Japan)
- Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota (Japan)
- Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu (China)
- Nami Matsuyama/Chiharu Shida (Japan)
- Jongkolphon Kititharakul/Rawinda Prajongjai (Thailand)
- Benyapa Aimsaard/Nuntakarn Aimsaard (Thailand)
- Pearly Tan/Thinaah Muralitharan (Malaysia)
- Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Ramadhanti (Indonesia)
- Li Wenmei/Liu Xuanxuan (China)
- Gabriela Stoeva/Stefani Stoeva (Bulgaria)
- Rin Iwanaga/Kie Nakanishi (Japan)
- Gayatri Gopichand/Treesa Jolly (India)
- Jeong Na-eun/Kim Hye-jeong (South Korea)
Mixed Doubles
- Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong (China)
- Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino (Japan)
- Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping (China)
- Dechapol Puavaranukroh/Sapisree Taerattanachai (Thailand)
- Seo Seung-jae/Chae Yu-jung (South Korea)
- Kim Won-ho/Jeong Na-eun (South Korea)
- Thom Giquel/dDelphine Delrue (France)
- Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin (China)
- Robin Tabeling/Selena Piek (Netherland)
- Goh Soon Huat/Shevon Jemie Lai (Malaysia)
- Mathias Christiansen/Alexandre Boje (Denmark)
- Supak Jomkoh/Supissara Paewsampran (Thailand)
- Rehan Kusharjanto/Lisa Kusumawati (Indonesia)
- Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei (Malaysia)
- Kyohei Yamashita/Naru Shinoya (Japan)
- Ye Hong-wei/Lee Chia-hsin (Chinese Taipei)
Indians in action
Men’s Singles
HS Prannoy is the No.1 ranked Indian in the Men’s Singles. He is the ninth seed in the tournament. Prannoy is placed in the first quarter of the draw. He will begin his campaign against Finland’s Kalle Koljonen. He is placed in the same quarter that has World No.1 Viktor Axelsen and a potential quarterfinal clash between both the players are on the cards. Before this, he is likely to set up clash against seventh seed Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew in the third round.
Lakshya Sen meanwhile is the 11th seed. The 21-year old will be facing 110th ranked Georges Julien Paul of Mauritius in the opening round. Lakshya Sen, who won a World Championships bronze medal in 2021 will look to seal another podium finish.
Kidambi Srikanth will also be in action in the tournament. Srikanth, who is the only Indian to reach the World Championship final will be unseeded in the tournament. He takes on 14th seed Kenta Nishimoto in the first round. It will be a big challenge for the Indian to surpass the first round, however with Anthony Ginting’s withdrawal, he is placed in a relatively easier quarter.
Women’s Singles
PV Sindhu is the only Indian in the Women’s Singles at the BWF World Championships this year. A five-time medallist at the World Championships, Sindhu is currently struggling for form this year. She is in 16th seed in the tournament. Sindhu is in the first quarter of the draws and has received a bye from the first round. She is likely to face Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara in the second round.
The other seeded player in this quarter are World No.1 An Se-young, Seventh seed Ratchanok Intanon and 12th seeded American Beiwen Zhang, who defeated Sindhu much recently in the Australian Open quarterfinal.
Men’s Doubles
India’s in-form Men’s Doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won the bronze medal at the World Championships last year. The World No.2 pair will look to better that performance in the tournament this year.
They are the second seeded duo and will begin their campaign from the second round. Leading the final quarter of the draw, they will face the winner between Ireland’s Joshua Magee and Paul Reynolds and Australia’s Kenneth Choo and Ming Lim in the second round.
The World No.2 duo are likely to face sixth seeded Indonesian pair Leo Carnando and Daniel Marthin in the third round. Other seeded players in the quarter include seventh seeded Malaysians Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi and Denmark’s Kim Astrup and Rasmus Andersen, who are the 11th seed.
Women’s Doubles
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand are the 15th seeds in the tournament. They have received a bye to the second round. The World No.19 pair will face the winner between Chinese Taipei’s Chang Ching Hui and Yang Ching Tun in the second round.
India’s Ashwini Bhat and Shikha Gautam will also be in action in the tournament. The unseeded pair will begin their campaign against Netherlands’ Deborah Jille and Cheryl Seinen in the first round. If they advance to the second round, they are likely to face Indonesia’s 11th seed Apriyanio Rahayu and Siti Ramadhanti.
Mixed Doubles
Rohan Kapoor and Sikki Reddy will be one of the Mixed Doubles pair, who will be in action in the tournament. They will face Scotland’s Adam Hall and Julie Macpherson in the first round.
Venkat Gaurav Prasad and Juhi Dewangan will be the other Indian duo in action. They will begin their campaign against Germany’s Jones Jansen and Linda Efler. The winner of this contest will face 13th seed Rehan Kusharjanto and Lisa Kusumawati in the second round.
Where to watch BWF World Championships 2023 LIVE Streaming?
All the matches can be watched LIVE on BWF’s YouTube Channel BWF TV. The matches will also be streamed LIVE on Jio Cinema App.
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