Taipei Open 2022: Saina, Kashyap, Mithun To Lead Indian Contention — Know Details

Indian badminton will be on show again from July 19 as players gear up for the Taipei Open 2022, the last tournament before Birmingham Games 2022.

Saina Nehwal will be in action at the Taipei Open 2022

Source : BAI's official twitter handle

The Taipei Open returns to the badminton fold after a one-year hiatus due to its suspension in concerned with the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament is going to be held from July 19 – July 24, at the Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium by the Chinese Taipei Badminton Association. It will be the 39^th edition of the tournament since its inception in 1980. This event is the 15th tournament of the 2022 BWL World Tour.

The tournament presents a good platform for the Indian contenders to walk into the Commonwealth Games with momentum as many Indian badminton players will be in action including Saina Nehwal.

Here is the list of all the Indian players that will be in action at the Taipei Open 2022:

Event	Players
Men’s Singles	Kiran George
Men’s Singles	Priyanshu Rajawat
Men’s Singles	Parupalli Kashyap
Men’s Singles	Mithun Manjunath
Men’s Singles	Chirag Sen
Men’s Singles	Subhankar Dey
Men’s Singles (Q-R1)	S Shankar Muthusamy Subramanian
Men’s Singles (Q-R1)	Harshit Agarwal
Women’s Singles (Q-R1)	Smith Toshniwal
Women’s Singles (Q-R1)	Sri Krishna Priya Kuduravalli
Women’s Singles	Saina Nehwal
Women’s Singles	Samiya Imad Farooqui
Women’s Singles	Malvika Bansod
Women’s Singles	Tanya Hemanth
Men’s Doubles	Ishaan Bhatnagar and Sai Pratheek
Men’s Doubles	Krishna Prasad Garga and Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala
Men’s Doubles	P.S. Ravikrishna & Sankar Prasad Udayakumar
Men’s Doubles	Arun George and Rohan Kapoor
Men’s Doubles	MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila
Women’s Doubles	Tanisha Crasto and Shruti Mishra
Mixed Doubles	Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto

Taipei Open 2022 Dates & Timings 

Qualification and First Round: Tuesday, July 19, 2022, and Wednesday, July 20, 2022 

Second Round: Thursday, July 21, 2022 

Quarterfinals: Friday, July 22, 2022 

Semifinals: Saturday, July 23, 2022 

Finals: Sunday, July 24, 2022

The Taipei Open will be special for players such as Mithun Manjunath, MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila, who had good showings in the recently concluded Singapore Open 2022. Saina Nehwal will also be looking to gain some momentum after her disappointing loss to Japanese Aya Ohori in Singapore Open.

The Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham start on July 28 and this will be the last major tournament before the global event.