Competition: French Open badminton 2016
Date: 25 to 30 October
Venue: Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris
TV Coverage: In SIngapore there is no TV coverage of 2016 French Open.
Live Streaming: BWF official YouTube channel
Overview
Days after the end of 2016 Denmark Open, the top shuttlers from across the globe will battle for another Badminton World Federation (BWF) Super Series titles in Paris from 25 to 30 October.
Denmark though was not a happy hunting ground for top seeds as both Lee Chong Wei and Carolina Marin failed to dominate after medal-winning performances at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The Malaysian legend, who was fresh from the success at 2016 Japan Open, went down to unseeded Frenchman Brice Leverdez in the quarter-final. Chong Wei failed to make full use of the absence of top-ranked Chinese shuttlers Lin Dan and Chen Long, who will also miss the French Open.
However, it was another unseeded shuttler from Thailand, Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk, who clinched his maiden Superseries title at Denmark on Sunday by defeating South Korea's Son Wan Ho in the final.
On the other hand, Marin, who battled illness in the initial stages, succumbed to eighth seed Akane Yamaguchi in the semi-final in Denmark. The 19-year-old Japanese shuttler clinched the title, which was also her second Superseries title in October after she won the Korea Open as well.
TV Schedule
India: Star Sports HD 4
Seeding information
Men's singles
- Lee Chong Wei (Mas)
- Viktor Axelsen (Dnk)
- Jan O Jorgensen (Dnk)
- Tian Houwei (Chn)
- Chou Tien Chen (Twn)
- Son Wan Ho (Kor)
- Kidambi Srikanth (Ind)
- Ka Long Angus (Hkg)
Women's singles
- Carolina Marin (Esp)
- Ratchanok Intanon (Idn)
- Nozomi Okuhara (Jpn)
- Sung Ji Hyun (Kor)
- Tai Tzu Ying (Twn)
- PV Sindhu (Ind)
- Sun Yu (Chn)
- Akane Yamaguchi (Jpn)
Schedule of key matches on 26 October
Men's Singles
Lee Chong Wei [1] v Hsu Jen Hao - 10:05pm SGT/4:05pm IST/3:05pm BST
Hyeok Jin v Viktor Axelsen [2] - 12am SGT (Thursday)/9:30pm IST/5pm BST
Marc Zwiebler v Jan O Jorgensen [3] - 9pm SGT/6:30pm IST /2pm BST
Tian Houwei [4] v Moulana Mustofa - 4:50pm SGT/2:20pm IST/9:50am BST
Wing Ki Vincent v Chou Tien Chen [5] - 6pm SGT/3:30pm IST/11am BST
Son Wan Ho [6] v Qualifier 4 - 11:35pm SGT/9:05pm IST/4:35pm BST
Ka Long Angus [8] v Qualifier 2 - 2:35am SGT (Thursday)/12:05am IST/7:35pm BST
Women's Singles
Akane Yamaguchi [8] v Porntip Buranaprasertsuk - 4:30pm SGT/2pm IST/9:30am BST
Mia Blichfeldt v Tai Tzu Ying [4] - 5:35pm SGT/3:05pm IST/10:35am BST
Yip Pui Yin v PV Sindhu [6] - 5:15pm SGT/2:45pm IST/10:15am BST
Cheung Ngan Yi v Sung Ji Hyun [5] - 2:15am SGT (Thursday)/11:45pm IST/7:15pm BST
Sun Yu [7] v Kim Hyo Min - 3am SGT (Thursday)/12:30 am IST (Thursday)/8pm BST
Full Schedule of the 2016 French Open can be found here.
