India Open 2022: Lakshya wins maiden Super 500 title

18 Jan,22 9:30 am
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India Open 2022: India’s badminton player Lakshya Sen, on January 16, 2022, secured his maiden Super 500 title by winning “Yonex-Sunrise India Open”.

Key Highlights:

  • Lakshya secured the title with a stunning straight-game victory over reigning world champion from Singapore, Loh Kean Yew in the men’s singles final.
  • The 20-year-old Sen gained victory over Yew in straight games 24-22, 21-17.
  • He had claimed his maiden world championships medal with a bronze in Spain in December 2021.
  • The 2022 India Open (badminton), officially Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2022, was held at the K. D. Jadhav Indoor Hall in New Delhi, India, from 11 to 16 January 2022.
  • In the doubles’ final, top doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won against three-time world champions Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan from Indonesia.

List of Winners of 2022 Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2022

CategoryWinners
Men’s SingleLakshya Sen (India)
Women’s SingleBusanan Ongbamrungphan (Thailand)
Men’s DoubleChirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (India)
Women’s DoubleBenyapa Aimsaard and Nuntakarn Aimsaard (Thailand)
Mixed DoubleTerry Hee and Tan Wei Han (Singapore)

About India Open:

  • The India Open is an annual badminton event which has been held in India since 2008.
  • It is a BWF World Tour Super 500 Grade international badminton tournament.
  • The inaugural event was held in 2007 in Hyderabad, but was cancelled amid Hyderabad bombings.
  • The first three editions of the India Open were designated as Grand Prix Gold events.
  • In 2011, it was upgraded to the BWF Superseries tournament.
  • Since then until 2019, it was held annually at the Siri Fort Sports Complex, New Delhi.
  • India open is categorized as one among seven BWF World Tour Super 500 events by BWF since 2018.

About BWF:

  • Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
  • It was founded on 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member nations namely, Canada, England, Denmark, Ireland, France, New Zealand, Netherlands, Wales and Scotland.
  • The present name Badminton World Federation (BWF) was adopted at the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 24 September 2006, in Madrid. 
  • It is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • The current president of BWF is Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen.

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