The 2011 Yonex – Sunrise India Open Superseries badminton tournament is scheduled to he held at the Siri Fort Indoor Stadium, Siri Fort Complex in New Delhi, India from 26-Apr to 1-May-2011.
This tournament which untill last year was of a Grand Prix Gold level and has been accorded Super series status starting from this year 2011.
Updated articles:
25/4/2011: CLICK HERE FOR INDIA OPEN SUPERSERIES PARTICIPANTS LIST
26/4/2011: CLICK HERE FOR INDIA OPEN SUPERSERIES 2011 - FIRST DAY RESULTS
Saina Nehwal - Top seeded in women's singles
India's star badminton player Saina Nehwal is the top seed for the women's singles, and would be looking forward to winning her first superseries title of the year.
Saina had a memorable last year 2010, when was successful in winning the Indonesia, Hong Kong and Singapore superseries titles apart from grabbing the Commonwealth games gold medal and also was the India Open GP gold-2010 winner. She is the top seed and is playing well having won the Swiss Open GP gold recently. It remains to be seen whether she will become the Yonex Sunrise India Open Superseries -2011 champion.
Badminton Events featured at India Open-2011
A total of 5 events will be played, the Men's Singles, Women's Singles, Mens Doubles, Womens doubles, and the Mixed doubles events.
Indian hopes rest on Saina Nehwal and Jwala/Ashwini
Indian badminton fans will be hoping to see good performances from Saina Nehwal, and from women's doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa who withdrew from the Badminton Asia Championships-2011 held at China to focus on this Superseries event at home.
Jwala-Diju have pulled out of the SS event
The best Indian mixed doubles pair of Jwala Gutta & Valiaveetil Diju are not participating in this event as Diju is undergoing a treatment for his back injury.
Excellent chance for young Indian players to shine
Good performances may also be expected from some of the younger indian players who will be looking forward to make a mark with their performance at the India Open. This is also a good opportunity for the younger players to garner valuable world ranking points since the tournament has been given a SS status this year.
China not participating - Lee Chong Wei favorite for men's singles title
The Chinese badminton players are not participating in the tournament due to the Badminton Asia championships followed by national badminton tournaments in China. However Malaysian World No.1 Lee Chong Wei as well as world no.3 Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia will be seen in action at New Delhi, vying for the men's singles title. 28 year old Lee Chong Wei who recently won the All-England Open, is considered the top favorite in the absence of his arch-rival Lin Dan, the world no.2 from China.
The India Open badminton tournament starts on 26-Apr-2011.
Ticket are available online at http://in.bookmyshow.com/sport/badminton/
The ticket rates vary based on the seating positions in the stadium and range from Rs. 200 to 300 for the qualifying rounds to Rs. 500 to 1000 for the finals.
Updated article:
CLICK HERE FOR INDIA OPEN SUPERSERIES PARTICIPANTS LIST
.
This tournament which untill last year was of a Grand Prix Gold level and has been accorded Super series status starting from this year 2011.
Updated articles:
25/4/2011: CLICK HERE FOR INDIA OPEN SUPERSERIES PARTICIPANTS LIST
26/4/2011: CLICK HERE FOR INDIA OPEN SUPERSERIES 2011 - FIRST DAY RESULTS
Saina Nehwal - Top seeded in women's singles
India's star badminton player Saina Nehwal is the top seed for the women's singles, and would be looking forward to winning her first superseries title of the year.
Saina had a memorable last year 2010, when was successful in winning the Indonesia, Hong Kong and Singapore superseries titles apart from grabbing the Commonwealth games gold medal and also was the India Open GP gold-2010 winner. She is the top seed and is playing well having won the Swiss Open GP gold recently. It remains to be seen whether she will become the Yonex Sunrise India Open Superseries -2011 champion.
Badminton Events featured at India Open-2011
A total of 5 events will be played, the Men's Singles, Women's Singles, Mens Doubles, Womens doubles, and the Mixed doubles events.
Indian hopes rest on Saina Nehwal and Jwala/Ashwini
Indian badminton fans will be hoping to see good performances from Saina Nehwal, and from women's doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa who withdrew from the Badminton Asia Championships-2011 held at China to focus on this Superseries event at home.
Jwala-Diju have pulled out of the SS event
The best Indian mixed doubles pair of Jwala Gutta & Valiaveetil Diju are not participating in this event as Diju is undergoing a treatment for his back injury.
Excellent chance for young Indian players to shine
Good performances may also be expected from some of the younger indian players who will be looking forward to make a mark with their performance at the India Open. This is also a good opportunity for the younger players to garner valuable world ranking points since the tournament has been given a SS status this year.
China not participating - Lee Chong Wei favorite for men's singles title
The Chinese badminton players are not participating in the tournament due to the Badminton Asia championships followed by national badminton tournaments in China. However Malaysian World No.1 Lee Chong Wei as well as world no.3 Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia will be seen in action at New Delhi, vying for the men's singles title. 28 year old Lee Chong Wei who recently won the All-England Open, is considered the top favorite in the absence of his arch-rival Lin Dan, the world no.2 from China.
The India Open badminton tournament starts on 26-Apr-2011.
Ticket are available online at http://in.bookmyshow.com/sport/badminton/
The ticket rates vary based on the seating positions in the stadium and range from Rs. 200 to 300 for the qualifying rounds to Rs. 500 to 1000 for the finals.
Updated article:
CLICK HERE FOR INDIA OPEN SUPERSERIES PARTICIPANTS LIST
.
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