Viktor Axelsen, An Se Young, Shi Yuqi to be in action at India next week
Olympic champions Viktor Axelsen and An Se Young will headline the Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2025 next week in the national Capital. Also taking the court at the event will be World No 1 Shi Yuqi besides some of India’s top shuttlers like Lakshya Sen, PV Sindhu and Chirag Shetty-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy.
The BWF World Tour Super 750 event will be played at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi from January 14 to 19.
With a combined prize pool of $9,50,000 and 11,000 points for the champions on offer, this edition of the India Open Super 750 will see the host nation fielding 21 entries: three in men’s singles, four in women’s singles, two in men’s doubles, eight in women’s doubles and four in mixed doubles.
In the last two Super 750 editions, India had a total of 14 entries each with Asian Games men’s doubles gold medalls Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy reaching the men’s doubles final and Asian Games bronze medall HS Prannoy making it to the men’s singles last four stages in 2024.
Apart from Chirag-Satwik and Prannoy, India will be looking at 2022 men’s singles champion Lakshya Sen, and two-time Olympic medall and former world women’s singles champion PV Sindhu to challenge for the prestigious title.
Only two players from the top-20 ranked men’s singles players will be missing in action in New Delhi while the women’s singles draw will have 14 of the top-20 players competing.
How to book tickets for India Open 2025 badminton tournament
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Here’s a l of India players who will be in action:
MS — Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy, Priyanshu Rajawat
WS — PV Sindhu, Malvika Bansod, Anupama Upadhyaya, Aakarshi Kashyap
MD — Chirag Shetty/Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, K Sai Pratheek/Pruthvi K Roy
WD — Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand, Ashwini Ponnappa/Tanisha Crasto, Rutuparna Panda/Swetaparna Panda, MansaRawat/Gayatri Rawat, Ashwini Bhat/Shikha Gautam, Sakshi Gahlawat/Apoorva Gahlawat, Sania Sikkandar/Rashmi Ganesh,Mrunmayee Deshpande/Prerana Alvekar
XD — Dhruv Kapila/Tanisha Crasto, K Sathish Kumar/Aadya Variyath, Rohan Kapoor/G Ruthvika Shivani, Ashith Surya/Amrutha Pramuthesh
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