Taipei Open Badminton LIVE: Chou Tien Chen & Tai Tzu-ying emerge as champions

Taipei Open Badminton LIVE – World No.4 Chou Tien-chen won his maiden title of the season in front of his home crowd at the Taipei Open by defeating Japan’s Kodai Naraoka in the final. The Taiwanese won the summit clash with a come-from-behind 14-21, 21-10, 21-6 victory over Naraoka on Sunday. Meanwhile, in the Women’s singles it was World No.2 Tai Tzu-ying who won her third title of the year by defeating Japan’s Saena Kawakami 21-17, 21-16 in the final. Follow Taipei Open 2022 LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN

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Taipei Open Final

Men’s Singles

Chou Tien-chen BEAT Kodai Naraoka – 14-21, 21-10, 21-6

Women’s Singles

Tai Tzu Ying BEAT Seana Kawakami – 21-17, 21-16

India’s campaign at the Taipei Open came to an end as Third Seed Parupalli Kashyap, Sixth seeded Indian Mixed Doubles pair Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto and Women’s Doubles pair Tanisha Crasto and Shruti Mishra all faced defeats in the quarterfinals of the tournament on Friday, 22nd July.

India at Taipei Open Quarterfinals

Men’s Singles

Parupalli Kashyap LOST TO Soong Joo Ven – 12-21, 21-12, 17-21

Women’s Doubles

Crasto / Mishra LOST TO Ng Tsz / Tsang – 16-21, 22-20, 18-21

Mixed Doubles

Bhatnagar / Crasto LOST TO Hoo / Toh – 19-21, 12-21

Though Kashyap put up a fight, Joo Ven prevailed 21-12, 12-21, 21-17 in the match that lasted 55 minutes. Joo Ven started the first game with a dominating performance and didn’t give Kashyap a chance to settle. The game was well controlled by the Malaysian player.

Kashyap turned the tide in the second game and got even with his Malaysian rival. The third game started well for Joo Ven as he kept a good lead over Kashyap. However, Kashyap fought hard towards the end winning four points in a row to make the score 17-19. Joo Ven kept his composure and was able to close the game in his favour.

India’s Tanisha Crasto and Shruti Mishra gave a tough fight in the quarterfinal against Hong Kong’s Ng Tsz Yau and Tsang Hiu Yan but l;ost to the sixth seeded pair 16-21, 22-20, 18-21.

Mixed doubles pair Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto suffered defeat 19-21, 12-21 to Malaysia’s Hoo Pang Ron and Toh Ee Wei in the quarterfinals. Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto started the match swiftly, but the Maylasian pair took 11-7 to enter the interval with a four-point advantage. At the end of the opening game, the score read 19-21.

In the second the Maylasian pair played with swift and aggressive moves to end the game in their favour with a straight-set victory of 21-19, 21-12.

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The tournament marks its return after a two-year hiatus this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This will be the 15th tournament on the BWF Tour this year.

Defending champions (Winners of 2019 edition)

Men’s singles – Chou Tien Chen – Chinese Taipei
Women’s singles – Sung Ji-hyun – South Korea
Men’s doubles – Goh V Shem / Tan Wee Kiong – Malaysia
Women’s doubles – Jongkolphan Kititharakul / Rawinda Prajongjai – Thailand
Mixed doubles – Tang Chun Man / Tse Ying Suet – Hong Kong

Taipei Open 2022 Schedule

1st round– July 19,20
2nd round– July 21
Quarter-final– July 22
Semi-final– July 23
Final – July 24

Taipei Open 2022 Top Seeds

Men’s Singles:

Chinese Taipei – Chou Tien Chen
Chinese Taipei – Wang Tzu Wei
India – Parupalli Kashyap
Japan – Kodai Naraoka
Indonesia – Chico Dwi Wardoyo (withdrew)
Japan – Koki Watanabe
Thailand – Khosit Phetpradab
Israel – Misha Zilberman

Women’s Singles

Chinese Taipei – Tai Tzu Ying
Canada – Michelle Li (Withdrew)
USA – Beiwe Zhang
India – Saina Nehwal
Thailand – Supanida Kathethong
Japan – Aya Ohori
Japan – Saena Kawakami
Chinese Taipei – Pai Yu-po

Men’s Doubles

1. Chinese Taipei – Lee Yang / Wang Chi-lin
2. Indonesia – Leo Rolly Carnando / Daniel Marthin (withdrew)
3. Chinese Taipei – Lu Ching-yao / Yang Po-han
4. Chinese Taipei – Lee Jhe-huei / Yang Po-hsuan (withdrew)
5. India – Arjun M.R / Dhruv Kapila
6 .Malaysia – Man Wei Chong / Tee Kai Wun
7. India – Krishna Prasad Garaga / Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala
8. Malaysia – Goh V Shem / Lim Khim Wah

Women’s Doubles

1. USA – Anna Cheong / Teoh Mei Xing (withdrew)
2. Hong Kong – Yeung Nga Ting / Yeung Pui Lam (withdrew)
3. Chinese Taipei – Chang Ching-hui / Yang Ching-tun
4. Indonesia – Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma / Amaliya Pratiwi (withdrew)
5. Indonesia- Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Ramadhanti (withdrew)
6. Hong Kong – Ng Tsz Yau / Tsang Hiu Yan
7. Japan – Sayaka Hobara / Hinata Suzuki
8. Malaysia – Low Yeen Yuan / Valeree Siow (withdrew)

Taipei Open 2022 Prize Money:

The total prize money for the tournament is US$500,000. Singles winners will get $37,500, while Doubles champions will get a total of $39,500.

Event	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finals	Quarter-finals	Last 16
Singles	$37,500	$19,000	$7,250	$3,000	$1,750
Doubles	$39,500	$19,000	$7,000	$3,625	$1,875