2022 India Open (badminton)
The 2022 India Open (officially known as the Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2022 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament that took place at the K. D. Jadhav Indoor Hall in New Delhi, India, from 11 to 16 January 2022. It had a total prize pool of US$400,000. Tournament. The 2022 India Open was the first tournament of the 2022 BWF World Tour and was part of the India Open championships, which had been held since 1973. The tournament was organized by the Badminton Association of India with sanction from the Badminton World Federation. Venue . This international tournament was held at the K. D. Jadhav Indoor Hall in New Delhi, India. Point distribution. Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 500 event. Prize money. The total prize money for this tournament was US$400,000. The distribution of the prize money was in accordance by BWF regulations. Impact of COVID-19 on the tournament. Due to COVID-19, the tournament was held behind closed doors at K. D. Jadhav Indoor Hall with the participating players tested for COVID-19 daily. However, there  were many shuttlers withdrawing from the tournament before and during the tournament. On 7 January 2022, the entire England contingent withdrew before the competition started after Sean Vendy and Nathan Robertson was tested positive with COVID-19. On 12 January 2022, seven Indian shuttlers, including Srikanth Kidambi was withdrawn for the same reason. Rodion Alimov and Alina Davletova had to withdraw as well after Alimov was tested positive, giving Terry Hee and Tan Wei Han a walkover on their mixed doubles semifinals.