Canada Open 2023 badminton: Indians in the fray, draw and how to watch

Ritabrata Banerjee

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The Canada Open 2023 will be held at the Markin-MacPhail Centre in Calgary, Canada between July 4 to July 9.

Ace Indian shuttler and world no. 12 PV Sindhu will be headlining India's challenge in the competition. Sindhu is back in action after missing the Taipei Open 2023 and will aim to put up a strong challenge.

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The Rio Olympic silver medalist has failed to go past the second round in her last three BWF World Tour events outings. 

The Indian star's best performance in the ongoing season was reaching the final of the Madrid Masters 2023. She will begin her campaign in the upcoming competition against Canada’s world No. 61 Talia Ng.

Meanwhile, Lakshya Sen will be headlining the men's section. In fact, he is the only Indian men's singles player in the main draw. Sen is set to begin his campaign in the round of 32 against Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn.

Among the other prominent men's singles shuttlers, Parupalli Kashyap will start in the qualifiers against Germany's Kai Schaefer. HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth are not participating in the event.

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How to watch the Canada Open 2023 in India?

The Canada Open 2023 will be available for streaming on the Badminton World Federation’s official YouTube channel, BWF TV. The event will not be telecast on any TV channel.

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Which Indians are participating in the Canada Open 2023?

Men’s singles

Main Draw: Lakshya Sen   

Qualifiers: S Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian, Parupalli Kashyap, B Sai Praneeth  

Women’s singles

Main draw: PV Sindhu, Tasnim Mir, Gadde Ruthvika Shivani   

Men’s doubles

Main draw: Krishna Prasad Garaga/Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala

Women’s doubles

Main draw: Tanisha Crasto/Ashwini Ponnappa, Rutaparna Panda/Swetaparna Panda

Mixed doubles

Main draw: Reddy B Sumeeth/Ashwini Ponnappa, Bokka Navaneeth/ Priya Konjengbam 

Qualifiers: Sai Pratheek K/Tanisha Crasto

Ritabrata Banerjee

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Ritabrata Banerjee is a content producer for The Sporting News' India edition.