South Korea Hosts World’s Richest Badminton Tournament

The world’s richest badminton competition of the season begins this week in South Korea.

The  Korea Open tournament starts today with the preliminary rounds in men’s and women’s singles and doubles, as well as mixed doubles.

The finals for all disciplines are scheduled for Sunday. The total purse for the tournament is US$1million.

The Korea Open is one of five Premier Super Series events run by the Badminton World Federation.{jcomments on}