2017 Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold

2017 Syed Modi
International Grand Prix Gold

Tournament details
Dates	24 – 29 January 2017
Level	Grand Prix Gold
Total prize money	US$120,000
Venue	Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium
Location	Lucknow, India
Champions
Men's singles	Sameer Verma
Women's singles	P. V. Sindhu
Men's doubles	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen
Women's doubles	Kamilla Rytter Juhl Christinna Pedersen
Mixed doubles	Pranaav Jerry Chopra N. Sikki Reddy
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The 2017 Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold was the second grand prix's badminton tournament of the 2017 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium in Lucknow, India on 24 – 29 January 2017 and had a total purse of $120,000.^[1][2]

Tournament

The 2017 Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold was the eighth edition of Syed Modi International Badminton Championships. This tournament has been rated as Grand Prix level since it was sanctioned by BWF in 2009. The competition has provided a great platform for some of the younger badminton players to prove their mettle against some of the best in the world.^[3] This tournament named to commemorate the 1982 Commonwealth Games champion Syed Modi.^[4] This tournament inaugurated by the Uttar Pradesh governor Ram Naik. The inaugural ceremony of the tournament presented a glittering tweet in which many international stars and dance-to-party programs.^[5]

Venue

This international tournament held at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[5]

Point distribution

Below is the tables with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system.^[6]

Winner	Runner-up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32	33/64	65/128	129/256	257/512	513/1024
7,000	5,950	4,900	3,850	2,750	1,670	660	320	130	60	30

Prize money

The total prize money for this year tournament is US$120,000.^[5]

Event	W	F
Singles	$9,000	$4,560
Doubles	$9,800	$4,560

Blood donation camp

This tournament also organized a blood donation camp in the morning session on 27 January with the help of Red Cross Society. The officers of the international umpire, coaches, officials and the U.P. Olympic Association affiliated with badminton also assist in this righteous work of blood donation.^[7]

Men's singles

Seeds

1. Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (withdrew)
2. Hans-Kristian Vittinghus (quarterfinals)
3. Srikanth Kidambi (semifinals)
4. Ajay Jayaram (withdrew)
5. Anders Antonsen (third round)
6. H.S. Prannoy (third round)
7. Zulfadli Zulkiffli (quarterfinals)
8. Sameer Verma (champion)
9. B. Sai Praneeth (final)
10. Chong Wei Feng (third round)
11. Sourabh Varma (quarterfinals)
12. Emil Holst (quarterfinals)
13. Misha Zilberman (third round)
14. Parupalli Kashyap (withdrew)
15. Harsheel Dani (semifinals)
16. Pratul Joshi (second round)

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	11	Sourabh Varma	19	21	10
	9	B. Sai Praneeth	21	12	21
								9	B. Sai Praneeth	15	21	21
								3	Srikanth Kidambi	21	10	17
	3	Srikanth Kidambi	21	21
	7	Zulfadli Zulkiffli	12	17
															9	B. Sai Praneeth	19	16
															8	Sameer Verma	21	21
	15	Harsheel Dani	21	17	21
	12	Emil Holst	16	21	11
								15	Harsheel Dani	15	11
								8	Sameer Verma	21	21
	8	Sameer Verma	21	21
	2	Hans-Kristian Vittinghus	15	13

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round
	PFQ	A B Goparaju	10	4
		L Sen	21	21
									L Sen	21	21
									A Kumar	19	10
	PFQ	V Thakran	10	13
		A Kumar	21	21
																L Sen	14	16
															11	S Varma	21	21
	11	S Varma	21	21
		R Y Chittaboina	11	17
								11	S Varma	21	21
								Q2	S Prajapati	6	10
	Q2	S Prajapati	21	21
		S Malik	13	16

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round
	5	A Antonsen	21	21
		K George	9	18
								5	A Antonsen	21	21
									R Tamang	17	12
		M Gupta	11	22	5
		R Tamang	21	20	21
															5	A Antonsen	17	19
															9	B. S Praneeth	21	21
	9	B. S Praneeth	21	21
		A Joshi	14	9
								9	B. S Praneeth	21	21
								Q8	A Sharma	15	10
		A B Ansari	18	19
	Q8	A Sharma	21	21

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round
	3	S Kidambi	15	21	21
		L Sarang	21	7	14
								3	S Kidambi	21	21
									Zh Zulkiffli	5	12
		Zh Zulkiffli	21	14	21
		A D Gupta	18	21	15
															3	S Kidambi	21	21
																A Yadav	15	16
	16	P Joshi	21	21
		C. R Yadav	16	13
								16	P Joshi	21	16	16
									A Yadav	18	21	21
		A Yadav	21	21
	Q7	A K Repudi	16	17

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round
	7	Zf Zulkiffli	21	21
		S Rawat	15	10
								7	Zf Zulkiffli	21	21
									S Dunna	8	11
		S Dunna	21	21
	Q3	K Chaubey	12	17
															7	Zf Zulkiffli	21	21
															13	M Zilberman	15	15
	13	M Zilberman	21	21
		S Jaiswal	15	16
								13	M Zilberman	17	21	22
									K G Kumar	21	16	20
		K G Kumar	21	10	21
		A Yunanto	10	21	17

Bottom half

Section 5

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round
	Q1	A Sharma	7	9
		A Tandon	21	21
									A Tandon	12	17
								15	H Dani	21	21
		K K Mekala	12	18
	15	H Dani	21	21
															15	H Dani	21	21
															6	H.S. Prannoy	18	18
	PFQ	B Joshi	21	21
		A Singh	16	19
								PFQ	B Joshi	16	8
								6	H.S. Prannoy	21	21
		N. V. S. Vijetha	11	9
	6	H.S. Prannoy	21	21

Section 6

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round
		D Grachev	15	19
		C Sen	21	21
									C Sen	13	19
								12	E Holst	21	21
		H M.Gowda	21	11	10
	12	E Holst	19	21	21
															12	E Holst	21	21
																S P Singh	8	11
		M Manjunath	19	17
		S P Singh	21	21
									S P Singh	27	21
									O Bansal	25	11
		O Bansal	12	21	22
	PFQ	A Kulkarni	21	10	20

Section 7

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round
		S Jakhar	22	14	21
	Q4	B Chakraborty	20	21	18
									S Jakhar	15	10
								10	Chong W F	21	21
		H Aggarwal	11	12
	10	Chong W F	21	21
															10	Chong W F	15	16
															8	S Verma	21	21
	Q6	D Kumar	15	21	12
		K. A Kumar	21	18	21
									K. A Kumar	13	14
								8	S Verma	21	21
		K Jindal	1^r
	8	S Verma	5

Section 8

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round
		A Yelegar	21	19	21
	Q5	A Mishra	13	21	17
									A Yelegar	21	21
									U Arora	17	15
		U Arora	21	21
	PFQ	S N K Adapa	16	16
																A Yelegar	18	5
															2	H-K Vittinghus	21	21
		N Vashist	22	20	21
	PFQ	M Ahuja	20	22	7
									N Vashist	14	22	7
								2	H-K Vittinghus	21	20	21
		M Mohammed	11	12
	2	H-K Vittinghus	21	21

Women's singles

Seeds

1. P. V. Sindhu (champion)
2. Saina Nehwal (withdrew)
3. Beatriz Corrales (quarterfinals)
4. Fitriani (semifinals)
5. Dinar Dyah Ayustine (second round)
6. Hanna Ramadini (semifinals)
7. Ruthvika Shivani Gadde (withdrew)
8. Ksenia Polikarpova (second round)

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	P. V. Sindhu	21	21
	4	Fitriani	11	19
								1	P. V. Sindhu	21	21
									Gregoria Mariska Tunjung	13	14
		Gregoria Mariska Tunjung	21	21
	6	Hanna Ramadini	19	14

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
	1	P. V. Sindhu	21	21
		A Prabhudesai	9	11
								1	P. V. Sindhu	21	21
									L Dahiya	7	12
		L Dahiya	21	20	21
		H Hosny	6	22	13
															1	P. V. Sindhu	21	21
															Q1	V Choudhari	15	11
	PFQ	S Panchal	8	9
	PFQ	S Toshniwal	21	21
								PFQ	S Toshniwal	13	12
								Q1	V Choudhari	21	21
	Q1	V Choudhari	21	21
	PFQ	P Mudaliar	14	10

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
	4	Fitriani	14	21	21
		R Raje	21	12	7
								4	Fitriani	21	21
									I Sharma	11	7
		I Sharma	21	16	21
	Q3	A S Sisodiya	18	21	19
															4	Fitriani	21	13	23
																R Das	17	21	21
	8	K Polikarpova	21	21
		R Pillai	12	11
								8	K Polikarpova	12	19
									R Das	21	21
		N Tamang	5	6
		R Das	21	21

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
		G M Tunjung	21	21
		P Shreyanshi	7	14
									G M Tunjung	12	21	21
								5	D D Ayustine	21	13	17
		M Riya	18	14
	5	D D Ayustine	21	21
																G M Tunjung	21	21
															3	B Corrales	9	11
		V D Rumete	8	21	21
		S U R Chukka	21	15	12
									V D Rumete	13	13
								3	B Corrales	21	21
		R Karthik	17	13
	3	B Corrales	21	21

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
	Q4	D Gupta	17	16
		A Kashyap	21	21
									A Kashyap	16	12
								6	H Ramadini	21	21
		P Konadam	9	6
	6	H Ramadini	21	21
															6	H Ramadini	21	21
																S K P Kudaravalli	17	15
	Q2	G Asaji	12	5
		S K P Kudaravalli	21	21
									S K P Kudaravalli	23	21
									M Agrey	21	19
		M Agrey	21	21
	PFQ	A Giri	2	6

Men's doubles

Seeds

1. Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen (champion)
2. Mathias Christiansen / David Daugaard (quarterfinals)
3. Manu Attri / B. Sumeeth Reddy (second round)
4. Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto (semifinals)
5. Hendra Setiawan / Tan Boon Heong (quarterfinals)
6. Danny Bawa Chrisnanta / Hendra Wijaya (quarterfinals)
7. Berry Angriawan / Hardianto (semifinals)
8. Lu Ching-yao / Yang Po-han (final)

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	11	21	21
	4	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	21	17	19
								1	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	21	21
								8	Lu Ching-yao Yang Po-han	14	15
	8	Lu Ching-yao Yang Po-han	21	21
	7	Berry Angriawan Hardianto	16	17

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
	1	M Boe C Mogensen	22	21	21
		S Rankireddy C Shetty	24	14	14
								1	M Boe C Mogensen	21	21
									H Malik S Malik	9	8
		H Malik S Malik	w	/	o
		D Dhami R Tamang
															1	M Boe C Mogensen	25	21	21
															5	H Setiawan Tan B H	27	10	11
	5	H Setiawan Tan B H	21	21
		M Mohammed V Rajendran	11	9
								5	H Setiawan Tan B H	21	21
									A Francis T Kona	11	15
	Q1	R Mali R K Navaneethakrishnan	10	16
		A Francis T Kona	21	21

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
	4	F Alfian M R Ardianto	21	21
		Arjun M.R. R Shlok	19	18
								4	F Alfian M R Ardianto	14
									M Dierickx F Golinski	6^r
		M Dierickx F Golinski	w	/	o
		B N Geetha S. Sunjith
															4	F Alfian M R Ardianto	21	21
															6	D B Chrisnanta H Wijaya	15	19
	6	D B Chrisnanta H Wijaya	21	21
		M. A Raju V G Prasad	4	9
								6	D B Chrisnanta H Wijaya	21	18	21
									K. Nandagopal S Shukla	10	21	18
	Q3	V Chawat P S Chouhan	14	12
		K. Nandagopal S Shukla	21	21

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
		E Dremin D Grachev	21	21
		J Sanyal S Sharma	19	19
									E Dremin D Grachev	16	7
								8	Lu C-y Yang P-h	21	21
		V Prasad J Yadav	9	14
	8	Lu C-y Yang P-h	21	21
															8	Lu C-y Yang P-h	15	21	21
																M A Abdul Latif Lim K W	21	14	11
		U Arora G Deswal	16	13
		M A Abdul Latif Lim K W	21	21
									M A Abdul Latif Lim K W	21	17	21
								3	M Attri B. S Reddy	15	21	17
		Terry Hee Y K Loh K H	21	23	14
	3	M Attri B. S Reddy	15	25	21

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
		V Devlekar S Sharma	21	21
	Q2	K Chaudhary C Tripathi	15	5
									V Devlekar S Sharma	15	8
								7	B Angriawan Hardianto	21	21
		A George R Kapoor	15	17
	7	B Angriawan Hardianto	21	21
															7	B Angriawan Hardianto	21	21
															2	M Christiansen D Daugaard	16	14
	Q4	R Raturi M Tiwari	11	18
		B Chakraborty T Gill	21	21
									B Chakraborty T Gill	7	8
								2	M Christiansen D Daugaard	21	21
		K P Garaga D Kapila	18	14
	2	M Christiansen D Daugaard	21	21

Women's doubles

Seeds

1. Kamilla Rytter Juhl / Christinna Pedersen (champion)
2. Chow Mei Kuan / Lee Meng Yean (quarterfinals)
3. Lim Yin Loo / Yap Cheng Wen (semifinals)
4. Meghana Jakkampudi / Poorvisha S Ram (quarterfinals)

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Kamilla Rytter Juhl Christinna Pedersen	23	21
	3	Lim Yin Loo Yap Cheng Wen	21	14
								1	Kamilla Rytter Juhl Christinna Pedersen	21	21
									Ashwini Ponnappa N. Sikki Reddy	16	18
		Sanjana Santosh Arathi Sara Sunil	21	12	13
		Ashwini Ponnappa N. Sikki Reddy	18	21	21

Top half

Section 1

First Round

Second Round

Quarterfinals

1

K Rytter Juhl C Pedersen

BYE

1

K Rytter Juhl C Pedersen

BYE

S Shrestha N Tamang

w

/

o

K Kanwal T Samantaray

w

/

o

1

K Rytter Juhl C Pedersen

w

/

o

A Balan P Sawant

P Karki Y Taring

10

15

A Balan P Sawant

21

21

A Balan P Sawant

21

16

21

J Dewangan A Kashyap

13

21

11

B V R T Bailupudi Ch. Poornima

J Dewangan A Kashyap

w

/

o

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
	3	Lim Y L Yap C W
		BYE
								3	Lim Y L Yap C W	21	21
									P Rai A S Sisodiya	7	7
		K Antil L Dahiya	13	13
		P Rai A S Sisodiya	21	21
															3	Lim Y L Yap C W	21	21
																Sruthi K.P H M Harinarayanan	17	9
		A Parikh H Veludurthi	21	21
		N Patel S Sharma	18	17
									A Parikh H Veludurthi	20	21	12
									Sruthi K.P H M Harinarayanan	22	14	21
		R Pillai M Sahdev	13	17
		Sruthi K.P H M Harinarayanan	21	21

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
		C S Ayunidha D R Vehrenica	13	14
		K Garg N B Hazarika	21	21
									K Garg N B Hazarika	21	14	14
									S Santosh A S Sunil	19	21	21
		S Santosh A S Sunil	21	21
		M Riya K Wadkar	14	15
																S Santosh A S Sunil	12	21	21
															4	M Jakkampudi P S Ram	21	12	9
		R Anand R Jaiswal	4	8
		D Choudhary D Gupta	21	21
									D Choudhary D Gupta	16	10
								4	M Jakkampudi P S Ram	21	21
		BYE
	4	M Jakkampudi P S Ram

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
		D Hazarika S Saikia	21	21
		S Chowdhary A Goel	17	14
									D Hazarika S Saikia	7	10
									A Ponnappa N. S Reddy	21	21
		J. A Kowser P Vaddepally	8	3
		A Ponnappa N. S Reddy	21	21
																A Ponnappa N. S Reddy	21	21
															2	Chow M K Lee M Y	14	18
		F Mather A Roy	12	15
		M Aggarwal K. Maneesha	21	21
									M Aggarwal K. Maneesha	19	15
								2	Chow M K Lee M Y	21	21
		BYE
	2	Chow M K Lee M Y

Mixed doubles

Seeds

1. Joachim Fischer Nielsen / Christinna Pedersen (semifinals)
2. Pranaav Jerry Chopra / N. Sikki Reddy (champion)
3. Terry Hee Yong Kai / Tan Wei Han (quarterfinals)
4. Evgenij Dremin / Evgenia Dimova (quarterfinals)
5. Mathias Christiansen / Sara Thygesen (semifinals)
6. Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jemie Lai (quarterfinals)
7. B. Sumeeth Reddy / Ashwini Ponnappa (final)
8. Yogendran Khrishnan / Prajakta Sawant (quarterfinals)

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen	21	18	18
	7	B. Sumeeth Reddy Ashwini Ponnappa	19	21	21
								7	B. Sumeeth Reddy Ashwini Ponnappa	20	10
								2	Pranaav Jerry Chopra N. Sikki Reddy	22	21
	5	Mathias Christiansen Sara Thygesen	18	13
	2	Pranaav Jerry Chopra N. Sikki Reddy	21	21

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
	1	J Fischer Nielsen C Pedersen	21	21
		M R Raju J. A Kowsar	5	8
								1	J Fischer Nielsen C Pedersen	21	21
									V G Prasad J Dewangan	8	13
		A S Bishen P Naqvi	5	15
		V G Prasad J Dewangan	21	21
															1	J Fischer Nielsen C Pedersen	21	21
															6	Goh S H S J Lai	15	11
	6	Goh S H S J Lai	21	21
		D Chaudhry L Dahiya	6	8
								6	Goh S H S J Lai	16	22	21
									K. Nandagopal M Aggarwal	21	20	16
		K. Nandagopal M Aggarwal	21	21
		R Tamang N Tamang	13	13

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
	3	Terry Hee Y K Tan W H	2
		A Nair D Choudhary	0^r
								3	Terry Hee Y K Tan W H	21	21
								Q1	O Awate N Patel	15	14
		R Mali S Panchal	16	24
	Q1	O Awate N Patel	21	26
															3	Terry Hee Y K Tan W H	18	21
															7	B. S Reddy A Ponnappa	21	23
	7	B. S Reddy A Ponnappa	21	21
		V Thakran R Sahdev	6	8
								7	B. S Reddy A Ponnappa	21	21
									R Kapoor S Santhosh	15	18
		R Kapoor S Santhosh	21	21
	Q4	D Kapila M Jakkampudi	18	15

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
		H Tandjaya C S Ayunidha	13	15
		S Sharma A Parikh	21	21
									S Sharma A Parikh	8	17
								5	M Christiansen S Thygesen	21	21
		S. Sunjith Sruthi K.P.	8	14
	5	M Christiansen S Thygesen	21	21
															5	M Christiansen S Thygesen	15	21	21
															4	E Dremin E Dimova	21	10	15
		D Dhami A Guru
		V Devlekar K Garg	w	/	o
									V Devlekar K Garg	7	16
								4	E Dremin E Dimova	21	21
		S Rankireddy K. Maneesha	21	16
	4	E Dremin E Dimova	23	21

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
	Q3	T Sharma T Samantharay	23	21
		G Deswal G Asaji	21	12
								Q3	T Sharma T Samantharay	15	22	16
								8	Y Khrishnan P Sawant	21	20	21
		K Sharma J Nashier	13	21	11
	8	Y Khrishnan P Sawant	21	17	21
															8	Y Khrishnan P Sawant	16	19
															2	P J Chopra N. S Reddy	21	21
	Q2	K Chahal M Sahdev	21	21
		B V R T Bailupudi R K Navaneethakrishnan	19	12
								Q2	K Chahal M Sahdev	16	15
								2	P J Chopra N. S Reddy	21	21
	PFQ	A Yunanto D R Vehrenica	7	18
	2	P J Chopra N. S Reddy	21	21

References

1. "Syed Modi International Grand Prix Badminton from Jan 24". United News of India. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
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External links

• Tournament Link
• Badmintonindia.org

Preceded by 2017 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold

BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix 2017 BWF Season

Succeeded by 2017 Thailand Masters Grand Prix Gold