US Open 2023: Schedule, Draws, Check All you need to know

US Open 2023: The US Open Badminton is set to return after a three-year hiatus. The last edition of the tournament was played way back in 2019. This will be the second tournament in North America this year after the Canada Open. Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn and Ratchanok Intanon are the top seeds in the Men’s and Women’s Singles. Indians Lakshya Sen and PV Sindhu will be in action in the tournament. The tournament will get underway from 11th July 2023, Tuesday. The final is scheduled on 16th July, Sunday.

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US Open 2023 Schedule

1st round– July 11 & 12
2nd round– July 13
Quarter-final– July 14
Semi-final– July 15
Final – July 16

Top seeds

Men’s Singles

Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Thailand)
Li Shi Feng (China)
Lakshya Sen (India)
Lin Chun-yi (Chinese Taipei)
Weng Hong Yang (China)
Brian Yang (Canada)
Kantaphon Wangchaoren (Thailand)
Nhat Nguyen (Ireland)

Women’s Singles

Ratchanok Intanon – Thailand
Busanan Ongbamrungphan – Thailand
PV Sindhu – India
Beiwen Zhang – USA
Hsu Wen Chi – Chinese Taipei
Supanida Katethong – Thailand
Nguyen Thuy Linh – Vietnam
Line Christophersen – Denmark

Men’s Doubles

Si Ching-heng/Ye Hong-wei – Chinese Taipei
Lucas Corvee/Ronan Labar – France
Goh Sze Fei/Nur Izzuddin – Malaysia
Chang-Ko-Chi/Po Li-wei – Chinese Taipei
Chen Boyang/Liu Yi – China
Krishnaprasad Garaga/Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala – India
Lee Fang-chih/Lee Fang-jen – Chinese Taipei
Rasmus Kjaer/Frederick Sogaard – Denmark

Women’s Doubles

Maiken Fruergaard/ Sara Thygesen – Denmark
Lee Chia-hsin/Teng Chun-hsun – Chinese Taipei
Margot Lambert/Anne Tran – France
Hsu Ya-ching/Lin Wan-ching – Chinese Taipei
Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning – China
Catherine Choi/Josephine Wu – Canada
Chang Ching-hui/Yang Ching-fun – Chinese Taipei
Annie Xu/Kerry Xu – USA

Mixed Doubles

Ye Hong-wei/ Lee Chia-hsin – Chinese Taipei
Chang Ko-chi/ Lee Chih-chen – Chinese Taipei
Mathias Thyrri/ Amalie Magelund – Denmark
Yang Po-hsuan/Hu Ling-fang – Chinese Taipei
Vinson Chiu/Jennie Gai – USA
Ty Alexander Lindeman/Josephine Wu – Canada
Ruttanapak Oupthong/Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat – Thailand
Fabricio Farisa/Jaqueline Lima – Brazil

US Open 2023 Prize Money

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	$1,522.50	$787.50

Draws

Indians in action

Men’s Singles

Fresh after winning the Canada Open, Lakshya Sen enters the US Open as one of the favourites. The Indian is the third seed in the tournament. He is in the third quarter of the draws. He will be facing Finland’s Kalie Koljonen in the first round. The third seed is set to face either Jan Louda or Arnaud Merkle in the second round. Apart from Lakshya, the only other seeded player is Nhat Nguyen, who is the eighth seed.

Sai Praneeth is the only other Indian in the Men’s Singles. He is in the final quarter. The unseeded Indian will face Li Shi Feng in the first round. Li Shi Feng recently finished as runner-up at the Canada Open. The other seeded player in the draw is Canada’s Weng Hong Yang.

Women’s Singles

Third seed PV Sindhu will begin her campaign at the US Open against a qualifier. Having reached the semifinal at the Canada Open last week, she is aiming to improve her performance at the US Open. Chinese Taipei’s Hsu Wen Chi, who is the fifth seed is the only other seeded player in the quarter.

Ruthvika Shivani Gadde will also be in action. The unseeded Indian will begin her campaign against Lin Hsiang-ti of Chinese Taipei. She is in a quarter that has sixth seeded Supanida Katethong.

Men’s Doubles

India’s Krishnaprasad Garaga and Vishuvardhan Goud Panjala are the fifth seeded pair in the tournament. They will begin their campaign in the tournament by facing Chinese Taipei’s Lin Yu-chieh and Si Li-wei. They are likely to face top seeded Su Ching-heng and Ye Hong-wei in the quarterfinal.

Women’s Singles

Apeksha Nayak and Ramya Venkatesh will be in action in the Women’s Singles. They will be facing Jeslyn Chow and Eliana Zhang in the first round. If they advance to the second round, they will face top seed Maiken Fruerggaard and Sara Thygesen in the second round.

Rituparna Panda and Swethaparna Panda will be the other Indian pair in action. They will get their campaign underway by facing Jackie Dent and Crystal Lai in the first round.

Where to watch US Open LIVE Streaming?

The matches will be watched LIVE on BWF’s Official YouTube Channel BWF TV.

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