Malaysia Open 2023: Where to watch PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen in action on OTT in India

Top-seeded badminton players will reunite in Malaysia to begin yet another intense season after a competitive season in 2022. 

While Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth will begin the season against Japanese shuttler Kenta Nishimoto, HS Prannoy will take against Lakshya Sen in the opening round. Viktor Axelsen, the current world champion, will compete against Ramus Gemke in the opening round, while Kodai Naraoka will take on Lee Zii Jia. 

In the first round of the Women's Singles competition, top-seeded PV Sindhu of India will face Carolina Marin. Saina Nehwal, another excellent Indian shuttler, will compete against Han Yue of China, and in the second round, she might meet Tai Tzu Ying.

Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty of India will begin their men's doubles campaign against Choi Sol Gyu and Kim Won Ho of Korea. While the other Indian team, MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila, opted out of the competition since Arjun is hurt. 

Let's have a look at all you need to know about the upcoming Malaysia Open 2023:

Date: January 10-15, 2023

Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Venue: Axiata Arena

Category: Super 1000

Prize Money: $1,250,000

Draws: Men's Singles:

Viktor Axelsen vs Rasmus Gemke

Toma Junior Popov vs Kento Momota

Jonatan Christie vs Wang Tzu Wei

Kenta Nishimoto vs Kidambi Srikanth

Chou Tien Chen vs Shi Yu Qi

Kanta Tsuneuama vs Lee Cheuk Yiu

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting vs Ng Ka Long Angus

Anders Antonsen vs Weng Hong Yang

Brian Yang vs Kantaphonn Wangcharoen

Shesar Hiren Rhustavito vs Kunlavut Vitidsarn

Lu Guang Zu vs Zhao Jun Peng

Li Shi Feng vs Loh Kean Yew

Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus vs Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo

Prannoy H.S. vs Lakshya Sen

Ng Tze Yong vs Nhat Nguyen

Women's Singles:

Akane Yamaguchi vs Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt

Busanan Ongbamrungphan vs Kirsty Gilmour

Ratchanok Intanon vs Aya Ohori

Mia Blichfeldt vs Kim Ga Eun

Tai Tzu Ying vs Clara Azurmendi

Saina Nehwal vs Hann Yue

He Bing Jiao vs Gregoria Mariska Tunjung

Aakarshi Kashyap vs Wenn Chi Hsu

Pornpawee Chochuwong vs Yeo Jia Min

Carolina vs PV Sindhu

Michelle Li vs Line Christophersen

Nozomi Okuhara vs Chen Yu Fei

Pai Yu Po vs Beiwen Zhang

Zhang Yi Man vs Wang Zhi Yi

Iris Wang vs Yvonne Li

Malvika Bansod vs An Se Young  

Men's Doubles:

Takuro Hoki / Yugo Kobayashi vs Lee Yang / Wang Chi-Lin

Kang Min Hyuk/Seo Seung Jae vs M.R. Arjun Dhruv Kapila 

Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan vs He Ji Ting/Zhou Hao Dong 

Pramudya Kusumawardana/Yeremia Erich Yoche Yacob Rambitan vs Ko Sung Hyun Shin Baek Cheol

Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto vs Christo Popov vs Toma Junior Popov

Ruven Jille /Ties Van Der Lecq vs Mark Lamsfuss/Marvin Seidel

Ong Yew Sin/Teo Ee Yi vs Ren Xiang Yu/Tan Qiang

Alexander Dunn/Adam Hal vs Lu Ching Yao vs Yang Po Han

Supak Jomkoh/Kittinupong Kedren vs Muhammad Shohibul Fikri Bagas Maulana

Choi Sol Gyu/Kim Won Ho vs Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty

Liu Yu Chen/Ou Xuan Yi vs Ben Lane/Sean Vendy

Lee Jhe-Huei/Yang Po Hsuan vs Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik

Leo Rolly Carnando/Daniel Marthin vs Akira Koga/Taichi Saito

Keiichiro Matsui/Yoshinori Takeuchi vs Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen

Goh Sze Fei/Nur Izzuddin vs Lian Wei Keng/Wang Chang

Man Wei Chong/Kai Wun Tee vs Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo

Women's Doubles:

Chen Qing Chen/Jia Yi Fan vs Debora Jille/Cheryl Seinen

Margot Lambert/Anne Tran vs Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma/Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi

Perly Tan/Thinaah Muralitharan vs Gabriela Stoeva/Stefani Stoeva

Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand Pullela vs Yeung Nga Ting/Yeung Pui Lam

Kim So Yeong/Kong Hee Yong vs Rin Iwanaga/Kie Nakanishi

Linda Efler/Isbale Lohau vs Benyapa Aimsaard/Nuntakarn Aimsaard

Jeong Na Eun/Kim Hye Jeong vs Chloe Birch/Lauren Smith

Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti vs Lee Chia Hsin/Ten Chun Hsun

Catherine Choi/Josephine Wu vs Vivian Hoo/Lim Chiew Sien

Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota vs Zhang Shu Xian/Zheng Yu

Li Wen Mei/Lie Xuan Xuan vs Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara

Du Yue/Xia Yu Ting vs Lee So Hee/Shin Seung Chan

Srivedya Gurazada/Ishika Jaiswal vs Clara Azurmendi/Beatriz Corrales

Baek Ha Na/Lee Yu Lim vs Jongkolphan Kititharakul/Rawinda Prajongjai

Ashwini Bhat K./Shikha Gautam vs Supissara Paewsampran/Puttita Supajirakul

Julie Macpherson/Ciara Torrance vs Nami Matsuyama/Chiharu Shida

Mixed Doubles:

Zheng Si Wie/Huang Ya Qiong vs Yang Po-Hsuan Hu Ling Fang

Goh Soon Huat/Lai Shevon Jemie vs Chang Ko-Chi/Lee Chih Chen

Thom Gicqual/Delphine Delrue vs Rionov Rivaldy/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari

Hoo Pang Ron/Teo Mei Xing vs Kyohei Yamashita/Naru Shinoya

Wang Yi Lyu/Huang Dong Ping vs Mark Lamsfuss/Isabel Lohau

Mathias Christiansen/Alexandra Boje vs Kim Won Ho/Jeong Na Eun

Tang Chun Man/Tse Ying Suet vs Adam Hall/Julie Macpherson

Robin Tabeling/Selena Piek vs Dejan Ferdinansyah/Gloria Emanuelle Widaja

Lee Jhe-Huei/Hsu Ya Ching vs Ye Hong Wei/Lee Chia Hsin

Lee Chun Hei Regnald/Ng Tsz Yau vs Seo Seung Jae/Chae Yu Jung

Yuki Kaneka/Misaki Matsutomo vs Zachariah Josiahno Sumanti vs Hediana Julimarbela

Mikkel Mukkelsen/Rikkie Soby vs Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino

Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto/Lisa Ayu Kusumawati vs Chan Peng Soon/Goh Lie Ying 

Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei vs Tan Kian Meng/Lai Pei Jing 

Joen Ralfy Jansen/Linda Efler vs Hee Yong Kai Terri/Tan Wei Han Jessica

Supak Jomkoh/Supissara Paewsampran vs Dechapol Puvaranukroh/Sapsiree Taerattanachai

Malaysia Open 2023 Date:

Preliminary Rounds - 10-12 January 2023

Quarter-finals - 13 January

Semi-finals - 14 January

Finals - 15 January

Prize Pool for Winners:

Singles - $87,500

Doubles - $92,500

Semi-finals:

Singles - $17,500

Doubles - $17,500

Quarterfinals:

Singles - $6,875

Doubles - $7,812.50

Last 16:

Singles - $3,750

Doubles - $4,062.50

Last 32:

Singles- $1,250

Doubles - $1,250