Badminton BWF World Championships 2022: Day 3 preview, order of play, how to watch - Wednesday 24 August

The 27th BWF World Championships in badminton are continuing in Tokyo, Japan, with second-round action concluding across the five events of men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles on Wednesday, 24 August 2022.

Round of 32 matches in all five events will take place today, with last-16 matches scheduled from Thursday onwards. The entire lower half of the men's singles draw is in action today, having had Tuesday off.

That means names like Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia and defending champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore, as well as world number two Momota Kento of Japan, are in action. In women's singles, Olympic champion Chen Yufei also begins her campaign, as does second seed Tai Tzu-ying of Chinese Taipei.

Day 3 order of play – BWF World Championships 2022 – Wednesday 24 August

Selected matches listed below. The full order of play for all 53 matches across the four courts can be found here.

Legend: MS – men's singles; WS – women's singles; MD – men's doubles; WD – women's doubles; XD – mixed doubles

Court 1:

• Match 2, 9am session: WD – Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan (CHN) vs Ashwini Ponnappa / N. Sikki Reddy (IND)
• Match 3, 9am session: XD – Alexander Dunn / Clara Torrance (SCO) vs Watanabe Yuta / Higashino Arisa (JPN)
• Match 5, not before 11am: MS – Naraoka Kodai (JPN) vs Kunlavut Vitidsarn (THA)
• Match 9, not before 11am: MS – Zhao Junpeng (CHN) vs Kidambi Srikanth (IND)
• Match 10, not before 2pm: MD – Fabien Delrue / William Villeger (FRA) vs Hoki Takuro / Kobayashi Yugo (JPN)
• Match 12, not before 2pm: MS – H.S. Prannoy (IND) vs Momota Kento (JPN)

Court 2:

• Match 3, 9am session: MS – Kevin Cordón (GUA) vs Loh Kean Yew (SGP)
• Match 4, 9am session: WS – Sim Yu-Jin (KOR) vs Pornpawee Chochuwong (THA)
• Match 5, not before 11am: MD – Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (DEN) vs M.R. Arjun / Dhruv Kapila (IND)
• Match 6, not before 11am: XD – Choi Sol-Gyu / Shin Seung-Chan (KOR) vs Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Sapsiree Taerattanachai (THA)
• Match 7, not before 11am: WS – Soniia Cheah (MAS) vs Chen Yufei (CHN)
• Match 13, Court & Time TBA: WS – Martina Repiska (SVK) vs Tai Tzu-ying (TPE)

Court 3:

• Match 1, 9:15am session: WD – Lee So-Hee / Shin Seung-Chan (KOR) vs Pooja Dandu / Sanjana Santosh (IND)
• Match 5, not before 11am: WD – Jongkolphan Kititharakul / Rawinda Prajongjai (THA) vs Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti / Ribka Sugiarto (INA)
• Match 6, not before 11am: MS – Wong Wing Ki Vincent (HKG) vs Ng Ka Long Angus (HKG)
• Match 9, not before 11am: MS – Luís Enrique Peñalver (ESP) vs Lakshya Sen (IND)
• Match 11, not before 2pm: MD – Lee Jhe-huei / Yang Po-hsuan (TPE) vs Lee Yang / Wang Chi-lin (TPE)
• Match 12, not before 2pm: MD – Jonathan Solís / Aníbal Marroquín (GUA) vs Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty (IND)
• Match 13, Court & Time TBA: WS – Yvonne Li (GER) vs Busanan Ongbamrungphan (THA)

Court 4:

• Match 1, 9:15am session: WS – Phittayaporn Chaiwan (THA) vs Ratchanok Intanon (THA)
• Match 4, 9:15am session: MD – Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (INA) vs Jaromir Janacek / Tomas Svejda (CZE)
• Match 5, not before 11am: MD – Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan (INA) vs Lucas Corvee / Ronan Labar (FRA)
• Match 12, not before 2pm: MS – Bernardo Atilano (POR) vs Lee Zii Jia (MAS)
• Match 13, Court & Time TBA: MD – Jeppe Bay / Lasse Mølhede (DEN) vs Goh V Shem / Tan Wee Kiong (MAS)

How to watch the action at the BWF World Championships 2022

The tournament will be broadcast by various television and digital live streaming rights holders across the different countries and territories around the world.

Europe

• Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia: ArenaSport
• Czech Republic: Ceska televise
• Denmark: TV2
• France: La Chaine L'Équipe
• Germany: SportDeutschland.TV
• Hungary: MTVA
• Netherlands: Ziggo Sport
• Poland: Polsat Sport
• Slovakia: JOJ Sport
• United Kingdom, Ireland: BT Sport

Asia-Pacific

• Brunei: KristalAstro
• China: BesTV, YouSports, Zhibo.tv, Youku, CCTV, CNTV
• Chinese Taipei: ELTA
• Hong Kong China, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore: SPOTV via cable providers (and, in Hong Kong China and Singapore, SPOTVNOW)
• India: Viacom18, Sports18, Voot Select
• Indonesia: SPOTV via cable providers**, MNCTV, Telkom Indonesia, SPOTVNOW**
• Japan: TV Asahi, J Sports (delayed coverage only on J Sports)
• Korea: SPOTV
• Macau China: TDM, SPOTV via cable providers
• Malaysia: Astro, RTM
• Maldives: Medianet
• Thailand: True Sport, SPOTV via cable providers**, SPOTVNOW**

Other regions

• Central America, South America, and the Caribbean: STAR+
• South Africa: StarTimes
• The Championships are also live on the bwf.tv YouTube channel in selected territories not listed above. They will also be available to stream on Olympic Channel via Olympics.com, territorial restrictions may apply.

If you are unable to find a screen, be sure to follow our live blog on Olympics.com and follow @olympics on social media to stay abreast of all the results and news from the Badminton World Championships 2022.