The Covid-19 pandemic has continued to hamper all actions together with sports activities occasions as now the India Open match has been rocked by the virus. Seven Indian players- Kidambi Srikanth, Ashwini Ponnappa, Ritika Thakar, Treesa Jolly, Mithun Manjunath, Simran Singhi and Khushi Gupta have examined constructive and have withdrawn from the occasion, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) mentioned on Thursday.
“The players returned a positive result to a mandatory RT-PCR test conducted on Tuesday. Doubles partners deemed close contact of the seven players have also been withdrawn from the tournament,” the world governing physique mentioned in a press release.
“The players will not be replaced in the main draw and their opponents will be given a walkover to the next round.”The BWF introduced the information within the wee hours on Thursday however didn’t reveal the names of the seven gamers.
🚨 Seven gamers have examined constructive for COVID-19 on the #IndiaOpen2022.#BWFWorldTour https://t.co/8OBR6PJ8yH
— BWF (@bwfmedia) January 12, 2022
B Sai Praneeth, the 2019 world championship bronze medallist, double specialists Manu Attri and Dhruv Rawat had examined constructive for the virus forward of their departure for the nationwide capital and had pulled out earlier than the beginning of the match.
The total England badminton contingent had additionally withdrawn forward of the Super 500 occasion after the nation’s doubles specialist Sean Vendy and coach Nathan Robertson examined constructive for the virus.
Organised by the Badminton Association of India, the 2022 version of India Open is being held behind closed doorways on the Indira Gandhi Stadium’s KD Jadhav Indoor Hall.
As per the COVID-19 protocols, all of the collaborating gamers are being examined on a regular basis on the lodge and outdoors the stadium.
Two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu, World Championships silver and bronze medallists Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen, London Games bronze winner Saina Nehwal are among the many Indian gamers who’ve reached the second spherical of the match.
Among high worldwide stars, world champion Loh Kean Yew, three-time males’s doubles world champion Mohammad Ahsan, and Thailand’s Busanan Ongbamrungphan are competing within the match, which is being hosted for the primary time in three years following the cancellation of the final two editions because of the pandemic.Delhi reported 27,561 COVID-19 circumstances, the second-highest single-day rise because the pandemic started, and 40 deaths on Wednesday.
With PTI inputs
