Olympic Champs Axelsen, An Top the Field for India Open
Hindustan Times Mumbai|January 08, 2025
Reigning Olympic champions Viktor Axelsen and An Se Young will be among the star attractions at the latest iteration of the Yonex-Sunrise India Open that kicks off in capital's Indira Gandhi Stadium next week.
HT Correspondent

NEW DELHI:

The January 14-19 event will also have a strong Indian presence with double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu, 2022 champion Lakshya Sen, and former world No. 1 pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty competing in the Super 750 competition.

The tournament, which was elevated as a Super 750 in 2023, is part of the BWF World Tour and offers participants a prize pool of $950,000 along with 11,000 points for the champions.

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