Leading Indian shuttlers resumed play at the Singapore Open 2024, held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore, on Tuesday, May 28, as part of the BWF Tour Asia Leg.
The first-round matches of the Singapore Open, also known as the Singapore Super Series 750, took place on May 28 and 29, The badminton competition continued with the second round, quarterfinals, and semifinals on the following days, with the final taking place on Sunday, June 2.
At the Singapore Open 2024's opening round on Tuesday (May 28) at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore, lower-ranked Danish players Daniel Lundgaard and Mads Vestergaard shocked world-ranked Indians, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty.
In the men's doubles opening round match that lasted 47 minutes on court 1, the top seeds headed to the Paris Olympics, Satwik and Chirag, who had won the Thailand Open 2024 earlier this month, fell in straight games 20-22 18-21 to the world number 34 Danish pair.
There will be 96 doubles pairs and 64 singles players competing in the tournament. Ten Indian doubles teams and six Indian singles players are included in this. Starring the Indian team are Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen, HS Pronnoy, and PV Sindhu. In the doubles, Satwiksairaj Reddy and Chirag Shetty will be the main contenders.
| Round | Date | Time (IST) |
|---|---|---|
| First Round | Tuesday, May 28, 2024 and Wednesday, May 29, 2024 | 7:30 AM |
| Second Round | Thursday, May 30, 2024 | 7:30 AM |
| Quarterfinals | Friday, May 31, 2024 | 9:30 AM |
| Semifinals | Saturday, June 1, 2024 | 9:30 AM |
| Finals | Sunday, June 2, 2024 | 11:30 AM |
| Player | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priyanshu Rajawat | Lee Cheuk Yiu (Hong Kong) | Lost | 21-23, 19-21 |
| HS Prannoy | Julien Carraggi (Belgium) | Won | 21-9, 18-21, 21-9 |
| Lakshya Sen | Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) | Lost | 13-21, 21-16, 13-21 |
| Kidambi Srikanth | Kodai Naraoka (Japan) | Lost | 14-21, retired 3-11 |
| Player | Opponent | Match Time | Court |
|---|---|---|---|
| HS Prannoy | Kenta Nishimoto (Japan) | After 11:15 AM IST on May 30 | Court 2 |
| Round | Player | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Round | Akarshi Kashyap | Pornpicha Choekeewong (Thailand) | Lost | 19-21, 20-22 |
| First Round | PV Sindhu | Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt (Denmark) | Won | 21-12, 22-20 |
| Second Round | PV Sindhu | Carolina Marin (Spain) | Upcoming | After 9:45 AM IST on May 30 - Court 1 |
| Match | Players | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty | Daniel Lundgaard & Mads Vestergaard (Denmark) | 20-22, 18-21 |
| 2 | Krishna Prasad Garaga & Sai Pratheek K | Liang Weikeng & Wang Chang (China) | 16-21, 22-24 |
| Players | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Tanisha Crasto & Ashwini Ponnappa | Polina Bhurova & Yevheniia Kantemyr (Ukraine) | 21-18, 19-21, 19-21 |
| Rutaparna Panda & Swetaparna Panda | Chang Ching-hui & Yang Ching-tun (Chinese Taipei) | 12-21, 21-12, 13-21 |
| Simran Singhi & Ritika Thaker | Apriyani Rahayu & Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti (Indonesia) | 12-21, 12-21 |
| Treesa Jolly & Gayathri Gopichand | Cheng Yu-pei & Sun Yu-hsin (Chinese Taipei) | 21-7, 21-14 |
| Players | Opponent | Score | Match Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Treesa Jolly & Gayathri Gopichand | Baek Ha Na & Lee So Hee (South Korea) | N/A | After 12:45 PM IST on May 30 - Court 3 |
| Indian Players | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|
| B Sumeeth Reddy & N Sikki Reddy | Goh Soon Huat & Shevon Jemie Lai (Malaysia) | 18-21, 19-21 |
| Ashith Surya & Amrutha Pramuthesh | Lee Chun Hei & Ng Tsz Yau (Hong Kong) | 8-21, 17-21 |
| Sathish Kumar Karunakaran & Aadya Variyath | Guo Xinwa & Chen Fanghui (China) | 15-21, 21-18, 11-21 |
| Venkat Gaurav Prasad & Juhi Dewangan | Mads Vestergaard & Christine Busch (Denmark) | 8-21, 8-21 |
There will not be a TV broadcast via May 28, the first day of the tournament in India; nevertheless, viewers may follow the action via BWF's official YouTube channel, BWF TV. Sports 18-1 and Sports 18-3 will broadcast the events live starting on Wednesday, May 29. Select court matchups from the Singapore Open will also be streamed live on the JioCinema app and website.
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