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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Defending Champions – 2019 edition
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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