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 39th 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.