Nothing like a prize purse of $1 million to get players interested in a major tournament and most of the top stars in the sport are entered in the Yonex All-England Open at the Arena Birmingham in Birmingham (ENG). The top seeds include all five of the no. 1-ranked players or teams in the world:
● Men’s Singles:
1. Kento Momota (JPN)
2. Yuqi Shi (CHN)
3. Tien Chen Chou (TPE)
● Men’s Doubles:
1. Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (INA)
2. Junhui Li/Yuchen Liu (CHN)
3. Takeshi Kamura/Keigo Sonoda (JPN)
● Women’s Singles:
1. Tzu Ying Tai (TPE)
2. Nozomi Okuhara (JPN)
3. Yufei Chen (CHN)
● Women’s Doubles:
1. Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota (JPN)
2. Misaki Matsutomo/Ayaka Takahashi (JPN)
3. Mayu Matsomoto/Wakana Nagihara (JPN)
● Mixed Doubles:
1. Siwei Zheng/Yaqiong Huang (CHN)
2. Yilyu Wang/Dongping Huang (CHN)
3. Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino (JPN)
The All-England Open dates back to 1899, making it one of the historic tournaments in the sport. There are multiple past winners entered, including, but not limited to:
● Men’s Singles: Shi (defending), Dan Lin (CHN: 5x), Long Chen (CHN: 2x)
● Men’s Doubles: Gideon/Sakumuljo (2x defending), Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen (DEN: 2x)
● Women’s Singles: Tai (2x defending), Okuhara (2016), Xuerui Li (CHN: 2012)
● Women’s Doubles: Matsutomo/Takahashi (2016).
● Mixed Doubles: Watanabe/Higashino (defending)
Look for results here.
