Delhi, 11 March (H.S.): Ben Lane and Sean Vendy will kick off English involvement in Men’s double tonight in YONEX All England Open Badminton Championships 2025 against Malaysia’s E.Y. Teo & Y.S. Ong in the fourth match.
India’s Prannoy H. S. will take on french T Popov in today’s first Match on Day 1 for Men’s Singles.
Jonatan Christie will take on Indonesian World No. 3 Jun Hao Leong of Malaysia in the fourth match on Court 4 on Tuesday as he looks to defend his men’s singles title.
Lakshya Sen will take on Taiwan’s Su-Li Yani in the Fifth match today.
Top Indian shuttlers will continue their action in the European leg of 2025 BWF World Tour this week at the 117th edition of All England Open Badminton Championships, which is set to take place at the Arena Birmingham in Birmingham.
PV Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist, will lead India’s team at the All England Open 2025 badminton tournament commencing on Tuesday at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham.
This BWF Super 1000 event will be broadcasted and live-streamed in India. Sindhu, currently ranked 15th in women’s singles, returns to competition after her last appearance at the Indonesia Masters in January. She is joined by world No. 28 Malvika Bansod in the women’s singles category. In men’s singles, Lakshya Sen, ranked 10th, is India’s top player. Additionally, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are the seventh seeds in men’s doubles. Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand and Tanisha Crasto-Ashwini Ponnappa represent women’s doubles, while Rohan Kapoor-Ruthvika Gadde and other pairs compete in mixed doubles.
The All England Open is a prestigious event in the BWF calendar, Only Pullela Gopichand (2001) and Prakash Padukone (1980) have won the title at the All England Open so far with both the greats of the Indian badminton winning the men’s singles competition.
All England Open 2025:
India squad
Men’s singles: Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy
Men’s doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty
Women’s singles: PV Sindhu, Malvika Bansod
Women’s doubles: Priya Konjengbam-Shruti Mishra, Tanisha Crasto-Ashwini Ponnappa, Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand
Mixed doubles: Dhruv Kapila-Tanisha Crasto, Rohan Kapoor-Ruthvika Gadde, Sathish Kumar Karunakaran-Aadya Variyath
Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar
