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The 2025 India Open, officially known as the Yonex Sunrise India Open 2025 for sponsorship reasons, was a badminton tournament that took place at the K. D. Jadhav Indoor Stadium, New Delhi, India, from 14 to 19 January 2025. Contestants competed for prizes up to US$950,000.
The Syed Modi International Badminton Championships is an international badminton tournament held annually in India. It was introduced to the badminton circuit as a BWF Grand Prix event in 2009. [1] Since then the tournament has been annually held in Lucknow at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, although it was temporarily shifted to ...
The Indian team competed in the 2011 Sudirman Cup and shared the fifth rank while also repeating the performance in 2017. The Indian team is currently ranked 9th in the World. [ 3 ] They has won 3 medals at the Summer Olympics , 10 medals at the BWF World Championships , 10 medals at the Asian Games and 25 medals at the Commonwealth Games .
Badminton is a popular sport in India. It is managed by the Badminton Association of India which is associated with Badminton Asia and Badminton World Federation.. Indian shuttlers Prakash Padukone, Srikanth Kidambi, Jwala Gutta, Saina Nehwal, P. V. Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, H. S. Prannoy, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have all ranked in the world's top ten.
The India Open is an annual badminton event which has been held in India since 2008 and is a BWF World Tour Super 750 international badminton tournament. [1] Its first three editions were designated as Grand Prix Gold events. In 2011, it was upgraded to the BWF Superseries tournament. [2]
The four awards presented in badminton are Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Dhyan Chand Award and Dronacharya Award. [1] First presented in the year 1961, a total of thirty-seven individuals have been honoured with the Arjuna Award in badminton for their "good performance at the international level" over the period of last four years. [2]
Rupesh Kumar K. T. (born 31 August 1979) is an Indian badminton player from Kerala, born in Sirpur, Telangana. He is one of India's finest-ever doubles player, with nine successive national titles. He won the silver medal in mixed team event in 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, and a bronze medal in 2006 Melbourne.
In the same year, he was the runner-up at India Open Grand Prix Gold after losing to the former Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat. [ 4 ] In 2012, Sourabh Verma reached a career high of no. 30 in the world ranking , [ 2 ] with the best results throughout the year were the quarter finalists at the Malaysia and Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold , also ...