Hylo Open 2021 Live stream, Schedule, Top seeds, Preview and Prediction

Hylo Open

The seventh tournament of the BWF World Tour 2021, the Hylo Open is all set to get underway at the Saarlandhalle in Saarbrücken, Germany. Previously known as the SaarLorLux Open, the marquee tournament will witness the likes of Chou Tien-Chen and Lee Zii Jia fight it out in the men’s singles.

Tournament Details

Tournament: Hylo Open 2021
Date: 2 to 7th November
Entries: 32 in each category
Venue: Paris, France
Prize Money: USD 320,000

Top seed in Men’s singles

Chou Tien Chen
Lee Zii Jia
Ng Ka Long
Wang Tzu Wei
Rasmus Gemke

Top seeds in Women’s singles

In the women’s singles, Thai shuttlers Ratchanok Intanon and Pornpawee Chochuwong are the top two seeds. Former Commonwealth Games champion Michelle Li is seeded third followed by Busanan Ongbamrungphan and Gregoria Mariska Tunjung. Mia Blichfeldt is the big gun who withdrew from the tournament in the eleventh hour.

Ratchanok Intanon
Pornpawee Chochuwong
Michelle Li
Busanan Ongbamrungphan
Gregoria Mariska

Indian squad for Hylo Open 2021

Men’s singles: Lakshya Sen, Sameer Verma, Subhankar Dey, Kidambi Srikanth, Sourabh Verma, HS Prannoy

Men’s doubles: Manu Attri/B Sumeeth Reddy

Women’s doubles: Ashwini Ponnappa/N Sikki Reddy

Mixed doubles: B Sumeeth Reddy/Ashwini Ponnappa

Hylo Open 2021 Predictions

Men’s Singles

Chou Tien Chen and Lee Zii Jia — Lee Zii Jia and Chou Tien Chen

The absence of big names has sprung the women’s singles title race wide open at the Super 500 tournament. The French Open 2021 runners up Chen seems to be the front runner for the time being. Kidambi Srikanth could emerge as a dark horse with the door wide ajar for the title.

First Quarterfinal Prediction: Chou Tien Chen vs Rasmus Gemke

Second Quarterfinal Prediction: Lakshya Sen vs Lee Cheuk Yiu

Third Quarterfinal Prediction: Kidambi Srikanth vs Ng Ka Long

Fourth Quarterfinal Prediction: Kantaphon Wangcharoen vs Lee Zii Jia

Women’s singles

Ratchanok Intanon and Pornpawee Chochuwong — Pornpawee Chochuwong and Ratchanok Intanon

The withdrawal of Tokyo 2020 Gold medallist Tzu-Ying has sprung the women’s singles title race wide open at the Super 750 tournament. Denmark Open champion Yamaguchi and Sindhu seem to be front runners for the time being. Se-young could emerge as a dark horse with the door wide ajar for the title.

First Quarterfinal Prediction: Ratchanok Intanon vs Gregoria Mariska Tunjung

Second Quarterfinal Prediction: Michelle Li vs Aliye Demirbağ

Third Quarterfinal Prediction: Busanan Ongbamrungphan vs Jordan Hart

Fourth Quarterfinal Prediction: Yvonne Li vs Pornpawee Chochuwong