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2021 All England Open

The 2021 All England Open (officially known as the Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships 2021 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at Utilita Arena Birmingham in England from 17 to 21 March 2021. It had a total purse of $850,000.

2021 All England Open
Tournament details
Dates17–21 March
Edition111th
LevelSuper 1000
Total prize moneyUS$850,000
VenueUtilita Arena Birmingham
LocationBirmingham, England
Champions
Men's singlesMalaysia Lee Zii Jia
Women's singlesJapan Nozomi Okuhara
Men's doublesJapan Hiroyuki Endo
Japan Yuta Watanabe
Women's doublesJapan Mayu Matsumoto
Japan Wakana Nagahara
Mixed doublesJapan Yuta Watanabe
Japan Arisa Higashino
← 2020 2022 →

Tournament edit

The 2021 All England Open became the second tournament of the 2021 BWF World Tour following the postponement of the 2021 German Open due to the ongoing pandemic. It was part of the All England Open championships, which had been held since 1899. This tournament was organized by Badminton England and sanctioned by the BWF.[1]

Venue edit

This tournament was held at Utilita Arena Birmingham in Birmingham, England.[1]

Point distribution edit

Below is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 1000 event.[2] This tournament would not be calculated in qualification ranking of 2020 Summer Olympics.

Winner Runner-up 3/4 5/8 9/16 17/32
12,000 10,200 8,400 6,600 4,800 3,000

Prize money edit

The total prize money for this tournament was US$850,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.[1]

Event Winner Finals Semi-finals Quarter-finals Last 16 Last 32
Singles $59,500 $28,900 $11,900 $4,675 $2,550 $850
Doubles $62,900 $29,750 $11,900 $5,312.50 $2,762.50 $850

Controversies edit

On 17 March 2021 night local time, BWF stated that all Indonesian players competing in the tournament, including all three who had won in the first round, were withdrawn from the tournament after 20 of 24 people from the team were contacted by the NHS Test and Trace service via e-mail, and were required to enter 10-day isolation. They were contacted by the NHS after someone on the same inbound flight from Istanbul to Birmingham with the team was tested positive for COVID-19.[3][4] The entire team was forced to walk on foot from the arena to the hotel as their shuttle service was prevented from taking them to the hotel.[5]

This sparked controversy between Indonesian players and the BWF. The Indonesians protested because 3 Indian players who are tested positive before the tournament,[6] though 24 hours later tested negative after self testing,[7] were allowed to play on the tournament, while all of Indonesian team members had tested negative for the virus.[8] The start of the tournament itself had been delayed for five hours after 7 of COVID-19 results were deemed inconclusive.[9] The Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) also stated that Turkish badminton player Neslihan Yiğit and her trainer who were on the same flight with the Indonesian team from Istanbul to Birmingham, but Yiğit was allowed to continue her tournament.[10] On 18 March noon local time, Yiğit was announced to had also been withdrawn from the tournament by the BWF.[11]

Earlier, the first round of the men's doubles between Indonesians Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan and English pair Ben Lane and Sean Vendy sparked backlashes because of an arrangement where the service judge on duty, Alan Crow, was also English.[12] However, according to the rules, BWF never explicitly prohibits a technical official to officiate a match involving athletes from the same country with the technical official against athletes from another country.[13]

Indonesian National Olympic Committee also alleged unprofessional and discriminatory treatment by BWF, as Indonesian team are not allowed to use lifts and take the bus by the organizers.[14] On 22 March, the president of BWF Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen officially apologizes to Indonesian Youth and Sports Minister for the circumstances faced by Indonesian team during the event.[15]

Men's singles edit

Seeds edit

  1.   Kento Momota (quarter-finals)
  2.   Viktor Axelsen (final)
  3.   Anders Antonsen (semi-finals)
  4.   Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (first round)
  5.   Jonatan Christie (second round)
  6.   Lee Zii Jia (champion)
  7.   Rasmus Gemke (second round)
  8.   Srikanth Kidambi (first round)

Finals edit

Semi-finals Final
          
6   Lee Zii Jia 21 21
  Mark Caljouw 13 17
6   Lee Zii Jia 30 20 21
2   Viktor Axelsen 29 22 9
3   Anders Antonsen 21 7 17
2   Viktor Axelsen 16 21 21

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
1   K Momota 21 22
  Parupalli K 13 20
1   K Momota 21 21
  Prannoy K 15 14
  Liew D 10 10
  Prannoy K 21 21
1   K Momota 16 19
6   Lee Z J 21 21
6   Lee Z J 21 21
  B Yang 13 10
6   Lee Z J 21 21
  H-K Vittinghus 12 13
  H-K Vittinghus 21 21
  M Zilberman 16 19

Section 2 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
4   A S Ginting
  T Rouxel w / o
  T Rouxel 18 17
  L Sen 21 21
  L Sen 21 21
  K Wangcharoen 18 12
  L Sen 17 21 17
  M Caljouw 21 16 21
8   S Kidambi 11 21 12
PFR   N Nguyen 21 15 21
PFR   N Nguyen 18 7
  M Caljouw 21 21
  M Caljouw 21 21
  K Phetpradab 7 7

Bottom half edit

Section 3 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
  K Tsuneyama 21 21
  T Penty 17 14
  K Tsuneyama 21 18 21
7   R Gemke 15 21 14
  K Nishimoto 13 14
7   R Gemke 21 21
  K Tsuneyama 16 21 11
3   A Antonsen 21 9 21
  Y Coelho 11 19
  S Verma 21 21
  S Verma 20 10
3   A Antonsen 22 21
  B Leverdez 14 18
3   A Antonsen 21 21

Section 4 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
  P Abián 15 12
  S Thammasin 21 21
  S Thammasin w / o
5   J Christie
  K Vitidsarn 13 22
5   J Christie 21 24
  S Thammasin 4 15
2   V Axelsen 21 21
  B. Sai Praneeth 21 22
  T J Popov 18 20
  B. Sai Praneeth 21 12 12
2   V Axelsen 15 21 21
  K Watanabe 21 19 19
2   V Axelsen 13 21 21

Women's singles edit

Seeds edit

  1.   Carolina Marín (withdrew)
  2.   Nozomi Okuhara (champion)
  3.   Akane Yamaguchi (quarter-finals)
  4.   Ratchanok Intanon (semi-finals)
  5.   P. V. Sindhu (semi-finals)
  6.   Pornpawee Chochuwong (final)
  7.   Mia Blichfeldt (quarter-finals)
  8.   Busanan Ongbamrungphan (quarter-finals)

Finals edit

Semi-finals Final
          
6   Pornpawee Chochuwong 21 21
5   P. V. Sindhu 17 9
6   Pornpawee Chochuwong 12 16
2   Nozomi Okuhara 21 21
4   Ratchanok Intanon 21 16 19
2   Nozomi Okuhara 16 21 21

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
PFR   M Mitsova 11 7
  S Katethong 21 21
  S Katethong 21 13 9
  BW Zhang 7 21 21
  BW Zhang 21 19 21
  J Hart 10 21 12
  BW Zhang 16 19
6   P Chochuwong 21 21
6   P Chochuwong 21 21
  K Polikarpova 10 9
6   P Chochuwong 21 21
  P Chaiwan 17 11
  P Chaiwan 21 21
  L Tan 9 15

Section 2 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
3   A Yamaguchi 21 21
  Qi XF 17 13
3   A Yamaguchi w / o
  N Yiğit
  N Yiğit 13 21 21
  M Batomene 21 19 17
3   A Yamaguchi 21 16 19
5   P. V. Sindhu 16 21 21
5   P. V. Sindhu 21 21
  S Cheah S Y 11 17
5   P. V. Sindhu 21 21
  L Christophersen 8 8
  L Christophersen 21 21
PFR   M Repiská 12 11

Bottom half edit

Section 3 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
  Y Li 21 21
  K Gilmour 7 18
  Y Li 16 17
7   M Blichfeldt 21 21
  S Nehwal 8 4r
7   M Blichfeldt 21 10
7   M Blichfeldt 21 17 10
4   R Intanon 18 21 21
PFR   B Aimsaard 21 16 6
  I Wang 15 21 21
  I Wang 14 13
4   R Intanon 21 21
  K Kuuba 14 16
4   R Intanon 21 21

Section 4 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
  A Ohori 21 21
  L Kjærsfeldt 16 10
  A Ohori 19 15
8   B Ongbamrungphan 21 21
  Kisona S 6 7
8   B Ongbamrungphan 21 21
8   B Ongbamrungphan 21 8 16
2   N Okuhara 18 21 21
  S Jaquet 19 9
  L Zetchiri 21 21
  L Zetchiri 6 13
2   N Okuhara 21 21
  J D Jakobsen 11 7
2   N Okuhara 21 21

Men's doubles edit

Seeds edit

  1.   Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (second round)
  2.   Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan (second round)
  3.   Takeshi Kamura / Keigo Sonoda (final)
  4.   Hiroyuki Endo / Yuta Watanabe (champions)
  5.   Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto (withdrew)
  6.   Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty (second round)
  7.   Goh V Shem / Tan Wee Kiong (second round)
  8.   Marcus Ellis / Chris Langridge (quarter-finals)

Finals edit

Semi-finals Final
          
  Kim Astrup
  Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 		18 14
3   Takeshi Kamura
  Keigo Sonoda 		21 21
3   Takeshi Kamura
  Keigo Sonoda 		15 21 11
4   Hiroyuki Endo
  Yuta Watanabe 		21 17 21
4   Hiroyuki Endo
  Yuta Watanabe 		21 21
  Jeppe Bay
  Lasse Mølhede 		13 11

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
1   M F Gideon
  K S Sukamuljo 		21 19 21
PFR   M Clare
  E Van Leeuwen 		12 21 9
1   M F Gideon
  K S Sukamuljo
  C Popov
  T J Popov 		w / o
  P Chew
  R Chew 		17 14
  C Popov
  T J Popov 		21 21
  C Popov
  T J Popov 		10 14
  K Astrup
  A S Rasmussen 		21 21
6   S Rankireddy
  C Shetty 		21 21
PFR   N Garg
  A Mayekar 		7 10
6   S Rankireddy
  C Shetty 		16 21 17
  K Astrup
  A S Rasmussen 		21 11 21
  K Astrup
  A S Rasmussen 		21 21
  P I Klindt
  M Thøgersen 		17 15

Section 2 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
3   T Kamura
  K Sonoda 		21 21
  E Lauritzen
  M Muurholm 		13 12
3   T Kamura
  K Sonoda 		21 21
  A Koga
  T Saito 		18 8
  A Koga
  T Saito 		21 21
  T Hoki
  Y Kobayashi 		15 12
3   T Kamura
  K Sonoda 		21 9 21
8   M Ellis
  C Langridge 		19 21 8
8   M Ellis
  C Langridge 		21 21
  J Magee
  P Reynolds 		14 13
8   M Ellis
  C Langridge 		21 21
  C Hemming
  S Stallwood 		9 13
  D Lundgaard
  M Thyrri 		21 18 17
  C Hemming
  S Stallwood 		16 21 21

Bottom half edit

Section 3 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
  M Christiansen
  N Nøhr 		21 21
  Low H Y
  Ng E C 		16 19
  M Christiansen
  N Nøhr 		21 21
7   Goh V S
  Tan W K 		19 18
  M Lamsfuß
  M E Seidel 		11 18
7   Goh V S
  Tan W K 		21 21
  M Christiansen
  N Nøhr 		22 19
4   H Endo
  Y Watanabe 		24 21
  Arjun M.R.
  D Kapila 		13 12
  Ong Y S
  Teo E Y 		21 21
  Ong Y S
  Teo E Y 		10 19
4   H Endo
  Y Watanabe 		21 21
PFR   R Easton
  Z Russ 		4 9
4   H Endo
  Y Watanabe 		21 21

Section 4 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
  R Jille
  T van der Lecq 		14 20
  N Phuangphuapet
  T Viriyangkura 		21 22
  N Phuangphuapet
  T Viriyangkura 		21 17 21
  G Olofua
  A J Opeyori 		19 21 8
  G Olofua
  A J Opeyori 		w / o
5   F Alfian
  M R Ardianto
  N Phuangphuapet
  T Viriyangkura 		19 12
  J Bay
  L Mølhede 		21 21
  J Bay
  L Mølhede 		27 21
  J Eipe
  R Kjær 		25 11
  J Bay
  L Mølhede 		w / o
2   M Ahsan
  H Setiawan
  B Lane
  S Vendy 		18 21 19
2   M Ahsan
  H Setiawan 		21 19 21

Women's doubles edit

Seeds edit

  1.   Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota (final)
  2.   Mayu Matsumoto / Wakana Nagahara (champions)
  3.   Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu (withdrew)
  4.   Jongkolphan Kititharakul / Rawinda Prajongjai (first round)
  5.   Nami Matsuyama / Chiharu Shida (semi-finals)
  6.   Gabriela Stoeva / Stefani Stoeva (second round)
  7.   Chloe Birch / Lauren Smith (quarter-finals)
  8.   Maiken Fruergaard / Sara Thygesen (quarter-finals)

Finals edit

Semi-finals Final
          
1   Yuki Fukushima
  Sayaka Hirota 		21 21
  Selena Piek
  Cheryl Seinen 		17 7
1   Yuki Fukushima
  Sayaka Hirota 		18 16
2   Mayu Matsumoto
  Wakana Nagahara 		21 21
5   Nami Matsuyama
  Chiharu Shida 		19 17
2   Mayu Matsumoto
  Wakana Nagahara 		21 21

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
1   Y Fukushima
  S Hirota 		w / o
  L Efler
  I Herttrich
1   Y Fukushima
  S Hirota 		21 21
  A Bøje
  M Poulsen 		7 15
  A Bøje
  M Poulsen 		21 21
  M Jakkampudi
  P S. Ram 		10 15
1   Y Fukushima
  S Hirota 		14 21 21
7   C Birch
  L Smith 		21 12 14
7   C Birch
  L Smith 		21 21
  K. A Bhat
  S Gautam 		14 11
7   C Birch
  L Smith 		21 21
  I Nielsen
  M L Steffensen 		14 11
  I Nielsen
  M L Steffensen 		w / o
  A Jäger
  S Küspert

Section 2 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
3   G Polii
  A Rahayu 		w / o
  K Ostermeyer
  F Volkmann
3   G Polii
  A Rahayu
  S Piek
  C Seinen 		w / o
  S Piek
  C Seinen 		22 21
  J Magnusson
  C Nistad 		20 12
  S Piek
  C Seinen 		24 21
  A Ponnappa
  N. S Reddy 		22 12
6   G Stoeva
  S Stoeva 		w / o
  V Hériau
  M Lambert
6   G Stoeva
  S Stoeva 		17 10
  A Ponnappa
  N. S Reddy 		21 21
  B Aimsaard
  N Aimsaard 		14 12
  A Ponnappa
  N. S Reddy 		21 21

Bottom half edit

Section 3 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
  K-K Marran
  H Rüütel 		24 16 21
  C Busch
  A Schulz 		22 21 14
  K-K Marran
  H Rüütel 		8 12
5   N Matsuyama
  C Shida 		21 21
  A Sakuramoto
  Y Takahata 		19 21 17
5   N Matsuyama
  C Shida 		21 16 21
5   N Matsuyama
  C Shida 		21 20 21
  P Tan K L
  Thinaah M 		12 22 16
  Teoh M X
  Yap L
  J Hopton
  J Moore 		w / o
  J Hopton
  J Moore 		18 7
  P Tan K L
  Thinaah M 		21 21
  P Tan K L
  Thinaah M 		21 23
4   J Kititharakul
  R Prajongjai 		17 21

Section 4 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
  D Hany
  H Hosny 		8 7
  A Magelund
  F Ravn 		21 21
  A Magelund
  F Ravn 		13 10
8   M Fruergaard
  S Thygesen 		21 21
  A Lado
  V Williams 		11 10
8   M Fruergaard
  S Thygesen 		21 21
8   M Fruergaard
  S Thygesen 		14 21 15
2   M Matsumoto
  W Nagahara 		21 19 21
  É Lefel
  A Tran 		w / o
  J MacPherson
  C Torrance
  É Lefel
  A Tran 		10 16
2   M Matsumoto
  W Nagahara 		21 21
  J Finne-Ipsen
  M Surrow 		6 18
2   M Matsumoto
  W Nagahara 		21 21

Mixed doubles edit

Seeds edit

  1.   Praveen Jordan / Melati Daeva Oktavianti (withdrew)
  2.   Yuta Watanabe / Arisa Higashino (champions)
  3.   Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying (semi-finals)
  4.   Marcus Ellis / Lauren Smith (semi-finals)
  5.   Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jemie Lai (first round)
  6.   Tan Kian Meng / Lai Pei Jing (quarter-finals)
  7.   Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue (quarter-finals)
  8.   Chris Adcock / Gabby Adcock (withdrew)

Finals edit

Semi-finals Final
          
  Yuki Kaneko
  Misaki Matsutomo 		21 22
3   Chan Peng Soon
  Goh Liu Ying 		14 20
  Yuki Kaneko
  Misaki Matsutomo 		14 13
2   Yuta Watanabe
  Arisa Higashino 		21 21
4   Marcus Ellis
  Lauren Smith 		10 18
2   Yuta Watanabe
  Arisa Higashino 		21 21

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
1   P Jordan
  M D Oktavianti
  D Kapila
  M Jakkampudi 		w / o
  D Kapila
  M Jakkampudi 		19 8
  N Nøhr
  A Magelund 		21 21
  Hoo P R
  Cheah Y S 		13 14
  N Nøhr
  A Magelund 		21 21
  N Nøhr
  A Magelund 		15 10
  Y Kaneko
  M Matsutomo 		21 21
5   Goh S H
  S J Lai 		19 16
  S Magee
  C Magee 		21 21
  S Magee
  C Magee 		16 21 13
  Y Kaneko
  M Matsutomo 		21 19 21
  Y Kaneko
  M Matsutomo 		21 21
  S Rankireddy
  A Ponnappa 		19 9

Section 2 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
3   Chan P S
  Goh L Y 		21 21 21
  M Thyrri
  M Surrow 		23 15 12
3   Chan P S
  Goh L Y 		21 21
  N Phuangphuapet
  B Aimsaard 		9 8
  N Phuangphuapet
  B Aimsaard 		21 22
  E Adam
  M Lambert 		19 20
3   Chan P S
  Goh L Y 		17 21 22
7   T Gicquel
  D Delrue 		21 18 20
7   T Gicquel
  D Delrue 		21 21
  C Hemming
  V Williams 		10 11
7   T Gicquel
  D Delrue 		21 20 21
  Chen T J
  Peck Y W 		19 22 14
PFR   G Mairs
  J Moore 		13 21 18
  Chen T J
  Peck Y W 		21 18 21

Bottom half edit

Section 3 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
  J Bay
  S Lundgaard 		13 16
  M Mikkelsen
  R Søby Hansen 		21 21
  M Mikkelsen
  R Søby Hansen 		21 21
PFR   P Scheiel
  F Volkmann 		9 19
PFR   P Scheiel
  F Volkmann 		21 21 21
PFR   M Zilberman
  S Zilberman 		15 23 14
  M Mikkelsen
  R Søby Hansen 		20 19
4   M Ellis
  L Smith 		22 21
PFR   R Espersen
  C Busch 		21 21
  P Chopra
  N. S Reddy 		15 17
PFR   R Espersen
  C Busch 		19 13
4   M Ellis
  L Smith 		21 21
PFR   P Reynolds
  R Darragh 		12 11
4   M Ellis
  L Smith 		21 21

Section 4 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
PFR   S Stallwood
  A Lado 		21 21
  A H Elgamal
  D Hany 		10 12
PFR   S Stallwood
  A Lado 		15 15
6   Tan K M
  Lai P J 		21 21
  T Hoki
  N Matsuyama 		13 13
6   Tan K M
  Lai P J 		21 21
6   Tan K M
  Lai P J 		17 9
2   Y Watanabe
  A Higashino 		21 21
  M Christiansen
  A Bøje 		21 22
  R Tabeling
  S Piek 		16 20
  M Christiansen
  A Bøje 		16 19
2   Y Watanabe
  A Higashino 		21 21
  R Labar
  A Tran 		10 18
2   Y Watanabe
  A Higashino 		21 21

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Prospectus All England Open Badminton Championships 2021" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 February 2020.[permanent dead link]
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  6. ^ "All England Open 2021: Indian badminton coach questions COVID-19 results after 3 players test positive". India Today. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
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