The Indian Open Badminton Championships ended last night, with host India winning two titles, thailand, which sent only four players to compete, also winning 2 golds, while Luo Jianyou, who just won the Men's Singles Championships at the World Championships last month, finished second in the tournament. As the first open tournament of the 2022 BWF, this tournament attracted more attention outside the arena, and it was more frightening than surprised.
The India Open lasted for 6 days, during which, except for the final day, players were forced to withdraw from the tournament on almost every matchday due to the new crown virus or fever, and 20 matches were cancelled. Some of the players who retired from the tournament included Srikans, who had just finished runners-up at the World Championships, India's first women's doubles Poonnapa/Reddy, as well as Singapore's Women's Singles player Yang Jiamin and Canada's Men's Singles player Yang Can.
Under multiple factors, this super 500 tournament has become a gathering field for Indian local players, and Indian players account for nearly 80% of the participation in each individual event. Under such a premise, the hosts finally won the men's singles and men's doubles championships, but missed the women's singles championship with the highest chance of winning the championship.
In the men's singles final, the two players who also reached the podium of the World Championships last month met for the fifth time in just 3 months, and the first "post-00s" Lakshya, the first person in badminton history to win a world championship medal, won the championship by beating world champion Luo Jianyou 24-22, 21-17. In the men's doubles final, the No. 2 seed, India's no. 1 men's doubles Ranki Reddy/ Sheti narrowly defeated the top seed, Indonesia's Asan/Hendra, 21-16, 26-24. Judging from the results, the results of the men's singles and men's doubles are reasonable, but there is also a bit of an accident, and the two Indonesian veterans who have taken the risk to come from afar and the new king of the men's singles at the World Championships are a bit of a pity.
In addition to the hosts' performances, Thailand, Singapore, Russia and Malaysia also had players reach the final. Malaysian mixed doubles had 3 pairs to reach the quarter-finals, with Chan Tang-kit/Bai Yanwei defeating teammates Chan Kin Ming/Lai Pei-jun in the semi-finals, while the new duo of Tan Ping-chiu/Siu Zi-xuan lost to the Russian duo of Alimov/Alina in the quarter-finals. Dramatically, Alimov/Alina, who reached the final four, withdrew from the semi-finals, sending the Singaporean duo Of Hui Yongkai/Chen Weihan to the final. In the final, Xu Yongkai / Chen Weihan won 2-0 to win the championship.
Thailand only sent 1 pair of women's doubles and 2 women's singles players to compete, and they all reached the final and won 2 championships and 1 runner-up. The women's singles final was the Thai civil war, and Busanland defeated Getong 2-1 to win the championship, who unexpectedly defeated the champion Singhu in the semifinals, breaking the biggest upset of the competition. In the women's doubles final, Thailand's Benjapa/Renta defeated the Russian duo of Kahn Morozova/Akchulina 2-0 to win the title.