India Open postponed as a consequence of current spike in COVID-19 circumstances

The India Open Super 500 event, one of many final three qualifying occasions for the Tokyo Olympics, was on Monday postponed as a consequence of raging COVID-19 pandemic within the nation.
The USD 400,000 India Open was scheduled to be held behind closed doorways within the nationwide capital from May 11 to 16.
“Considering the current challenges, BAI is left with no option but to announce the postponement of the tournament for the time being,” Badminton Association of India (BAI) normal secretary Ajay Singhania mentioned at a digital press convention.
“Several rounds of discussions were held with BWF as well as the Delhi government and other stakeholders and accessing the safety of players and officials BAI needed to take this decision.”
India have reported 2,73,810 new optimistic circumstances within the final 24 hours, the very best single-day surge taking the nation’s caseload previous the 1.5 crore mark. As many as 1,619 folks have succumbed to the illness within the final 24 hours.
Delhi has emerged because the worst hit metropolis with 25,462 circumstances reported on Sunday.
Given the grave state of affairs, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Monday introduced a six-day lockdown beginning tonight until subsequent Monday.
With COVID-19 circumstances rising, many high gamers, together with Olympic champion Carolina Marin, former world champion Ratchanok Intanon and Denmark’s duo of Anders Antonsen and Rasmus Gemke had withdrawn from the Olympic rating occasion.
“We had an entry of 228 players and close to 300 peoples gathering including coaches, support staff and officials and the circumstances are such that the 2021 edition of Yonex-Sunrise India Open seems for now a very risky affair,” Singhania mentioned.
The final version of the India Open too was cancelled after it was initially postponed from March to December.
Syed Modi Super 300 occasion, which was slated for November 17 to 22, was additionally cancelled within the revised calendar.