BWF World Championships 2022

While PV Sindhu will have to take on Wang Zhi Yi and An Se Young to medal, Srikanth & Co. will have to fight it out with each other to keep medal hopes ...

In the women's doubles, CWG bronze medallist pair of Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly will have to cross paths with the Malaysian duo of Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan in the second round, in what promises to be a heated clash that won't be easy for them. Other than this, 2012 Olympic bronze medallist and former World No. 1 Saina Nehwal is also in the bottom half of the women's singles draw and will have to face off against former World Champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the second round itself. For 2-time Olympic medallist and former World Champion and recent, Commonwealth Games champion, PV Sindhu, the draw is particularly difficult as she will have to conquer the reigning Asian Champion Wang Zhi Yi and take out talented Korean shuttler, An Se Young if she intends to win a sixth medal at the World Championships by reaching till the semi-finals.

World number 10 in men's singles, Lakshya Sen, won the bronze medal at the 2021 BWF World C'ships. The 2022 CWG gold medallist will vie for the top prize this ...

The BWF World Championships will be held in Japan for the first time. Sindhu is the only gold medallist for India at the BWF World C'ships. Kidambi Srikanth, who won the silver medal at BWF World Championships last year, has a tricky phase ahead. Sindhu is a five-time medallist in this event, winning the gold medal in 2019. Lakshya has a 20-11 win-loss record in 2022 on the BWF Tour. He has managed to win just one title - Yonex Sunrise India Open. The 2022 BWF World Championships is all set to be held in Tokyo from August 21 to 28.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Badminton World Federation (BWF) announced the draws for the 2022 World Badminton Championships on Wednesday in Kuala ...

Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong, Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping, as well as Guo Xinwa and Zhang Shuxian will compete in the mixed doubles. Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota, the No. 2 seeds from Japan, and Kim So-yeong/Kong Hee-yong, the No. 4 seeds from South Korea, are also worthy of attention in the bottom half. China has four players in the women's singles event.

Srikanth Kidambi and Lakshya Sen, along with in-form HS Prannoy have all been placed in the same quarter of the draw.

India have former world champion (2019) PV Sindhu in the mix while Srikanth Kidambi (2021 silver) and Lakshya Sen (2021 bronze) are also in the draw. Gayatri Gopcihand and Treesa Jolly, CWG 2022 bronze medallists, will have to deal with the challenge of Tan/Thinaah yet again from Malaysia should they progress to the second round. - After surprisingly missing out on a medal at her home Olympics last year, 2021 women’s singles world champion Akane Yamaguchi seeks redemption on home soil. - Two-time mixed doubles world champions, China’s Zheng Si Wei/Huang Ya Qiong, arrive in Tokyo having won six straight tournaments. The event is being held in Japan for the first time. And they have to contend with a well-rested Lee Zii Jia and former champion Kento Momota.

The 2019 World Champion PV Sindhu, who is also the only gold medallist from India in 26 editions of the tournament, has got a bye in the first round and is ...

Final – August 28 Semi-final– August 27 Quarter-final– August 26 3rd round– August 25 Sindhu is expected to beat two Chinese – Han Yue and Wang Zhi Yi – in the second and third rounds before running into her nemesis An Se Young of South Korea. 2nd round– August 24

The process was completed through computer system with the order of mixed doubles, women's doubles, men's doubles, women's singles and men's singles.

The draw for the 🏸 Badminton World Championships has been made.— The Olympic Games (@Olympics) The 2022 BWF World Championships (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF World Championships 2022 for sponsorship reasons) is a badminton tournament which will be held from 22 to 28 August 2022 at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. Top seed and defending champion of women's singles Akane Yamaguchi has a uneasy draw as she will face Olympic champion and former world Champion Carolina Marin of Spain or Chinese star He Bingjiao if she reaches the quarter-finals.