BWF responds after India Open marred by hygiene lapses, stray animals and AQI concerns
Concerns over poor air quality, inadequate hygiene and the presence of stray animals at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex have cast a shadow over the event.
Concerns over poor air quality, inadequate hygiene and the presence of stray animals at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex have cast a shadow over the event.
Sania Mirza, Badminton World Federation and Jwala Gutta were among others who wished Sindhu on her birthday.
Apart from Hyderabad Open, Australia Open and Korea Masters have also been cancelled.
The Olympic qualifiers were supposed to happen in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore along with India before the events were forced to be suspended.
Last week, the BWF froze the world rankings and world junior rankings until further notice, with the lists backdated to March 17, 2020.
The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, which were slated to commence on July 24, have been postponed to 2021 due to the outbreak of Coronavirus.
The coronavirus outbreak severely impacted some of the most high profile sporting events worldwide be it the Indian Premier League (IPL) or Serie A and La Liga matches.
Sindhu, the Rio Olympic silver medallist, has had a roller coaster fortnight in which she finished runner-up at the Indonesia Open and lost in the quarter-final of the Japan Open, losing to Japanese shuttler Akane Yamaguchi on both occasions.
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