Badminton All England Championships 2022: Live updates 

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Defending champ Lee Zii Jia advances

2021 All England Open champion Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia won his opening round match over Japan's Nishimoto Kenta. He took the first game in 21 minutes at 21-16. In the second game, Lee raced out to a 9-1 lead before Nishimoto tightened the game to 12-8. Ultimately, Lee triumphed 21-17.

He'll face Brian Yang of Canada next up in Thursday's second round.

Two-time world champion Momota Kento

Japan's Momota Kento, who won world gold in 2018 and 2019, faced Denmark's Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus. Memoto took a close first game, 21-18, before Solberg Vittinghus was forced to withdraw from the match with Momota leading 11-7.

Momota advances to the second round of action and is set to face South Korea's Heo Kwanghee.

World champ Loh Kean Yew stunned by reigning world bronze medallist Anders Antonsen

Reigning world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore was surprised by Denmark's Anders Antonsen, the 2021 world bronze medallist. Antonsen came through a three set battle in which he won the first game 21-15, dropped the second 18-21, and took the third 21-13.

In the second round, Antonsen will see action against India's rising star Lakshya Sen.

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting dimisses Parupalli Kashyap in straight sets

Indonesia's Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, the No. 5 seed, took care of India's Parupalli Kashyap in a relatively easy 37 minutes, winning 21-11, 21-18.

Next up for Ginting: India's Srikanth Kidambi in the second round.

PV Sindhu starts strong in Birmingham

India's PV Sindhu sailed to a relatively comfortable win over China's Wang Zhi Yi to kick start her All England Open 2022 campaign on a positive note.

The two-time Olympic medallist who is also the tournament sixth seed, seemed to find her stride as the match progressed. Sindhu let from the start in the opening game and took the upper hand.

It was a feat the 2019 world champion was able to repeat in the second game, and this time managed to open up an even more commanding lead, as the match slowly slipped away from her Wang's grasp. Sindhu claimed victory 21-18, 21-13.

Men's doubles top seeds Marcus Gideon and Kevin Sukamuljo through to second round

Indonesia's Marcus Gideon and Kevin Sukamuljo comfortably cleared their first hurdle at the All England Open with a straight-games victory.

The tournament top seeds beat France's Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar 21-12, 21-18 in a match that lasted 48 minutes.

The 2018 title winners who also made the finals in 2020, will next take on Japan's Koga Akira and Saito Taichi.

Home heroes Ben Lane and Sean Vendy come through

England's men's doubles pairing of Ben Lane and Sean Vendy gave the crowd in Birmingham something to cheer about when they clinched an opening round win.

The home pair ranked 38 in the world defeated lower ranked Tan Kian Meng and Tan Wee Kiong from Malaysia in a relatively close match.

Lane and Vendy were stronger at the start and used that advantage to clinch the first game. The Malaysian duo fought back in the second game and neither pair could open up a significant gap.

Eventually the home pair snatched the win and claimed victory, 21-14, 22-20 to the delight of the crowd inside the Utilita Arena Birmingham.

Top seed Viktor Axelsen clears opening hurdle

Reigning world number one, Viktor Axelsen lived up to his billing as the tournament top seed when he opened his All England Open campaign with a win.

The Tokyo 2020 gold medallist took to the court against India's Sai Praneeth who came close to clinching the opening game.

However the Dane persevered to snatch the upper hand and then carried that momentum into the second game to take victory 22-20, 21-11.

Axelsen has made an appearance in last three finals held at Birmingham, winning the title in 2020. He will next play Mark Caljouw from the Netherlands, for a place in the quarter-finals.

Olympic champions Greysia Polli and Apriyani Rahayu secure hard-fought win

Indonesia's Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu were forced to work hard to notch up an opening round win.

The tournament sixth seeds eventually beat Denmark's Sara Thygesen and Maiken Fruergaard in a three-game match that lasted an epic 1 hour and 17 minutes.

The reigning Olympic champs claimed victory 21-17, 20-22, 21-14 and will next take on the debutants from India, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand Pullela.

South Korea's Jeong and Kim upset women's doubles top seeds

The women's doubles top seeds, Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan's campaign at the All England Open has come to an end after losing their opening round match to Jeong Na Eun and Kim Hye Jeong.

The unseeded South Koreans took the upper hand when they won the opening game. The reigning world champions from China tried their best to respond in the second game, but were unable to claw their way back into the game

Jeong and Kim advances to the next round with a 21-15, 21-16 win which will see them next play Thailand's Supissara Paewsampran and Puttita Supajirakul.

German Open champ Kunlavut Vitidsarn on a roll

Thailand's Kunlavut Vitidsarn who clinched the German Open title last week, continues his winning ways into the opening round of the All England Open.

The three-time junior world champion, overcame the more experienced H.S Prannoy from India, winning 21-15, 24-22.

20-year-old Vitidsarn will next face Indonesia's Jonatan Christie in the round of 16 on Thursday (17 March).

Christie, who is seeded seventh at this tournament, was pushed hard by France's Brice Leverdez who stretched their match to three games, but the Indonesian prevailed, 21-9, 16-21, 21-17.

READ MORE: Kunlavut Vitidsarn: Things to know about Thailand's badminton sensation

The "Daddies" recover to get through to the second round

Men's doubles second seeds, Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan managed to scrape through to the second round after defeating India's M.R. Arjun and Dhruv Kapila.

The Indonesians, who are fondly referred to as "the daddies", found themselves trailing after the opening game but manage to respond in the second, leading from start to finish, to force a decider.

The third game saw the veterans, who have won three world championships titles together, book their passage to the second round with a win, taking victory 15-21, 21-12, 21-18.

Ahsan and Setiawan will next play China's Liu Cheng and Zhang Nan.

Top seed Tai Tzu Ying takes opening win

Word number one, Tai Tzu Ying opened her quest for a fourth All England Open title with a straight-forward victory over Belgium's Lianne Tan.

Tai who won the title in 2017, 2018 and 2020, took 30 minutes to advance to the second round of the tournament, clinching victory 21-12, 21-14.

The Chinese Taipei ace will next play Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan and another victory could potentially see her play Okuhara Nozomi in the quarter-finals.

Okuhara Nozomi kicks off All England Open title defense with a win

Reigning All England Open women's champion, Okuhara Nozomi, opened her campaign in Birmingham with a first round win.

The Rio 2016 bronze medallist and tournament fifth seed, dispatched Denmark's Line Christophersen in straight sets, taking victory 21-15, 21-16 in a match that lasted 36 minutes.

Okuhara will next play China's Han Yue for a chance to make the quarter-finals.

Badminton All England Championships 2022 preview

The All England Open is one of the most prestigious tournaments in badminton and the 2022 version is here.

The first BWF Super 1000 event of badminton's 2022 World Tour is taking place from 16-20 March at Arena Birmingham in England and the stars are aligning.

Last year gave us a big surprise when Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia stunned both Momota Kento and Oympic champ Viktor Axelsen on his way to a maiden title.

But both Lee and Axelsen were themselves stunned at the semi-final stage of the German Open last week, the Malaysian by eventual winner Kunlavut Vitidsarn from Thailand and the Dane by Indian riser Lakshya Sen.

Over in the women's singles there was another shock in Mulheim last week as reigning Olympic champ Chen Yu fei fell to 24-year-old Chinese teammate He Bingjiao.

And while Japan's Okuhara Nozomi might be defending champ after she claimed her second women's singles last year, a lot has changed since then.

It was just a little reminder that anything can happen in Birmingham. You can follow live updates of this year's event right here, with the first action starting at 09:00 UK time (GMT) on Wednesday 16th March 2021.

We've got a full preview here of who to watch and how the players are looking ahead of this first top event of the season.