Due to the withdrawal of Misha Zilberman, seventh seed Kanta Tsuneyama now faces arguably a trickier challenge against Indonesia’s Shesar Hiren Rhustavito in the opening round of the CLASH OF CLANS Arctic Open 2023 powered by YONEX.

Rhustavito, on a comeback trail since the Australian Open following a five-month break, was a former world No.17, although he currently lies 36th.

Rhustavito and Tsuneyama have clashed once, with the Japanese edging the contest 15-21 21-17 21-16 five years ago at the Tong Yun Kai Cup.

The following players have also been promoted to the main draw.

Men’s singles

1. Leong Jun Hao (in place of top seed Viktor Axelsen)
2. Arnaud Merkle (Priyanshu Rajawat)
3. Mithun Manjunath (Rasmus Gemke)
4. Julien Carraggi (sixth seed Lakshya Sen)
5. Kiran George (Ng Ka Long Angus)
6. Lei Lan Xi (Lee Cheuk You)

Women’s singles

1. Malvika Bansod (Gao Fang Jie)
2. Lauren Lam (Natsuki Nidaira)
3. Kristin Kuuba (Clara Azurmendi)
4. Huang Yu Hsun (Second seed Ratchanok Intanon)

Men’s doubles

1. Ondrej Kral/Adam Mendrek (top seeds Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty)
2. Bjarne Geiss/Jan Colin Voelker (M.R. Arjun/Dhruv Kapila)
3. Andreas Sondergaard/Jesper Toft (Mark Lamsfuss/Marvin Seidel)

Mixed doubles

1. Voelker/Stine Kuespert (Lamsfuss/Isabel Lohau)
2. Mads Vestergaard/Christine Busch (Hoo Pang Ron/Teoh Mei Xing)

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CLASH OF CLANS Arctic Open 2023 Powered by YONEX starts today, with the first qualification match scheduled at 2pm Kuala Lumpur time (UTC +8).

Fun fact: Tsuneyama won the tournament, then called Finnish Open, in 2016.