Badminton Asia Championships 2024: Indian players, schedule, live ...

PV Sindhu will be one of the Indian favourites at the Badminton Asia Championships. Reuters

The Badminton Asia Championships 2024 is set to commence from Tuesday (9 April) in China’s Ningbo with several top players taking part. The competition will run till 14 April and will provide an opportunity for players to boost their rankings ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics which will take place in July. This will be the 41st edition of the tournament that is sanctioned by Badminton Asia.

India’s hopes will rely on HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen and PV Sindhu. The men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will miss this tournament after the former sustained a shoulder injury.

Prannoy will take on Lu Guagzhou of China whereas Kidambi Srikanth will lock horns against Anthony Ginting of Indonesia in the opening round. Sindhu, who had a disappointing quarter-final exit at the Spain Masters recently, will take on Goh Jin Wei of Malaysia in the first round. Lakshya Sen will face a tough challenge against Shi Yu Qi, the top seed, in the first round.

Young Indian shuttler Priyanshu Rajawat will meet Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia in a tough start for him as well.

In Satwik-Chirag’s absence, the Indian pair of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila will hope to go deep when they open against seventh-seeded Chinese Liu Yu Chen and Ou Xuan Yi. Krishna Prasad Garaga and Sai Pratheek K are also in the fray.

Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa, who are ahead in the fight for the Olympic race, will face Indonesian combination of Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma and Amallia Cahaya Pratiwi, while Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand take on China’s Liu Sheng Shu and Tan Ning, seeded fourth.

In women’s doubles, all hopes will be on Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand pair as well as the pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Castro.

Here’s all you need to know about the 2024 Badminton Asia Championships:

2024 Badminton Asia Championships schedule

9 April: Qualification for Round of 32

10 April: Round of 32

11 April: Round of 16

12 April: Quarter-finals

13 April: Semi-finals

14 April: Final

Indian players at 2024 Badminton Asia Championships:

Men’s Singles: Lakshya Sen, Kidambri Srikanth, HS Prannoy and Priyanshu Rajawat

Men’s doubles: Krishna Prasad Garaga-Krishnaprasad Sai Pratheek, Arjun Ramachandran-Dhruv Kapila

Women’s singles: PV Sindhu, Akarshi Kashyap

Women’s doubles: Ashwini Ponnappa-Tanisha Castro, Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand

What is the prize money?

The total prize money that has been allocated for the 2024 Badminton Asia Championships is $450,000. Here’s a breakdown of how much prize money will players get:

Singles

Winner: $31,500

Runner-up: $15,300

Semi-finalists: $6300

Quarter-finalists: $2475

Round of 16: $1350

Round of 32: $450

Doubles

Winner: $33,300

Runner-up: $15,750

Semi-finalists: $6300

Quarter-finalists: $2812.5

Round of 16: $1462.5

Round of 32: $450

 2024 Badminton Asia Championships LIVE streaming

All matches of the 2024 Badminton Asia Championships will be streamed LIVE on the official YouTube channel of the Badminton Asia Championships.

With PTI inputs