CLELY
Regular Member

Venue : Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow-IND
Total prize-money : US$120,000
BWF page : http://bwfbadminton.com/events/2332/syed-modi-international-badminton-championships-2016
Tournamentsoftware link : https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament.aspx?id=89E5ADD3-26AA-43CE-8700-78358629CC2D
Live Streaming : - https://www.youtube.com/user/bwf
- http://videostream.dn.ua/videopage/videoPage.php?g=c2J2b2JoK2F0Y3ZsbmhZ&c=en&i=eWlhaXVidGd1bA№f№f
- https://livestream.com/bwfbadminton
IND time : http://www.worldtimezone.com/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=6455&forma=Find Time
2015 WINNERS => https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/...C69424-0F56-4C3A-A382-C37ABF0090FF&d=20150125
MS - Parupalli Kashyap (IND)
WS - Saina Nehwal (IND)
MD - Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen (DEN)
WD - Amelia Alicia Anscelly/Soong Fie Cho (MAS)
XD - Riky Widianto/Richi Puspita Dili (INA)
The Grand Prix Gold tour is heading to Lucknow, many shuttlers have pulled out including WS top-seed and defending champion Saina Nehwal also Tommy Sugiarto (INA), Ihsan Mualana Mustofa (INA), Kenta Nishimoto (JPN), Chen Yufei (CHN), Karin Schannase (GER), Huang KX/Zheng SW (CHN), Ellis/Langridge (ENG), Careme/Labar (FRA), Ko SH/Kim HN (KOR), Zheng SW/Li YH (CHN), Durkin/Vislova (RUS), etc. as well.
Number one seed and local favourite Srikanth Kidambi has high motivation to end his title drought and reverse last year losing to fellow countryman Parupalli Kashyap. Ajay Jayaram, H.S. Prannoy who troubled some elite players last year will add home ammunition to challenge foreign threats like Wei Nan, Son Wan Ho and the unpredictable young echelons from Korea, Indonesia and China.
Second seed Sung Ji Hyun has chance to take revenge over home favourite P.V. Sindhu who succeeded to retain Malaysian Masters title couple of days ago. Strings of potential darkhorses may steal the show, Sayaka Sato, Yui Hashimoto, Kirsty Gilmour or even the underdog players could create upsets as badminton competition is growing tighter nowadays.
Two Danish bests, Boe/Mogensen and Conrad/Kolding alongside the Koreans Kim GJ/Kim SR and Ko SH/Shin BC who swallowed disappointment last week will be the frontrunner. Newly-crowned MAS Masters champion Gideon/Sukamuljo, Malaysian Koo KK/Tan BH and Goh VS/Tan WK, Indonesian #2 Pratama/Suwardi also Chinese youngsters Li JH/Liu YC enhance competitiveness in men’s doubles discipline.
Two Korean combinations, Chang YN/Jung KE will be the pair to beat in the absence of China and Japan leading ladies. Last year winner and runner-up, Anscelly/Soong FC and Vivian Hoo/Woon KW who didn’t shine last week may redeem their losing to present better performance in Lucknow. Gutta/Ponnappa, Matsuo/Naito, Go AR/Yoo HW and Stoeva sisters are another women’s doubles seeded pairs in the draw.
Indonesian number two, Jordan/Susanto manage the highest seeded pair as top-seed Ko SH/Kim HN have withdrawn. They start campaign to meet Korean Kim GJ/Shin SC and should make amends here after the unexpected first round losing last week and barring any upsets will take on Fuchs/Michels at quarterfinal. At top half draw, Choi SG/Eom HW, Chan PS/Goh LY and Alexander/Oktaviani are predicted to go further in this GP Gold and will contend final spot.
QUALIFICATION (09.00am local time, 6 court) : https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/...E5ADD3-26AA-43CE-8700-78358629CC2D&d=20160126
Live TV coverage will be broadcasted on Saturday (semifinal) and Sunday (final).