The Japan Open 2024 draws the attention of badminton enthusiasts as the buzz from the Paris Olympics fades. The BWF 750 competition will take place at the Yokohama Arena starting on Tuesday, August 20 and running through August 25, 2024. This is the complete account of the historic occasion.
The Nippon Badminton Association has been holding the Japan Open championships since 1977. The 2024 Japan Open is the 21st tournament on the current BWF World Tour.
This year’s competition attracts badminton talents from all around the world with an alluring $850,000 prize fund. The men’s doubles champions will receive $62,900, while the men’s singles winner will receive $59,500.
A number of celebrities have pulled out of the 2024 Japan Open citing, among other things, Olympic tiredness. The only remaining Indian player competing in the men’s singles tournament in Yokohama is No. 3 Kiran George. Notable Indian players HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen, PV Sindhu, and Priyanshu Rajawat have all withdrew. Satwik-Chirag, the doubles star, has also withdrew.
In addition, reigning champion and gold medallist Viktor Axelsen has withdrew from the competition. An Se-young, the reigning champion in women’s singles, has also withdrawn from the competition.
The following are the notable withdrawals from the Japan Open 2024 thus far:
Men’s Singles: Jonatan Christie, Li Shifeng, Wang Po-Wei, Sameer Verma, Sankar Muthusamy, Oleksii Titov, Riku Hatano, HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen, Priyanshu Rajawat, Viktor Axelsen, Kunlavut Vitidsarn, and Garret Tan.
Women’s Singles: Asuka Takahashi, Gregoria Mariska Tunjung, Chen Yu Fei, He Bing Jiao, Carolina Marin, Eliana Zhang, An Se Young, and Pusarla V Sindhu
Chirag Shetty-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik, Arif Junaidi-Roy King Yap, Sai Pratheek-Krishna Prasad Garaga, Julien Maio-William Villeger, Yuichi Shimogami-Takumi Nomura, Mahiro Kaneko-Shunya Ota, William Kryger Boe-Christian Faust Kjaer, Lin Yu Chieh-Chen Zhi Ray, Youcef Sabri Medel-Koceila Mammeri are the men’s doubles pairings.
The Indian Shuttlers participating at the Japan Open 2024:
Men’s Singles – Kiran George
Women’s Singles – Ashmita Chaliha, Malvika Bansod, Aakarshi Kashyap
Men’s Doubles – NA
Women’s Doubles – Rutaparna – Swetaparna,
Mixed Team – Sathish Kumar Karunakaran and Aadya Variyath, Sumeeth Reddy and Sikki Reddy
Seeded Players Of Japan Open 2024:
Men’s singles
- Shi Yuqi
- Viktor Axelsen (withdrew)
- Anders Antonsen
- Kunlavut Vitidsarn (withdrew)
- Jonatan Christie (withdrew)
- Lee Zii Jia
- Li Shifeng (withdrew)
- Kodai Naraoka
Women’s Singles
- Tai Tzu-ying
- Akane Yamaguchi
- Wang Zhiyi
- Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (withdrew)
- Han Yue
- Aya Ohori
- Beiwen Zhang
- Nozomi Okuhara
Where Can You Watch The BWF 750 Japan Open 2024?
The competition will be streamed live on the official BWF TV YouTube channel. The Japan Open 2024 will be shown live on the Sports 18 networks and streamed live on the Jio Cinema and Voot Select apps in India.
