The Indian Open, the BWF Tour, which is currently playing in New Delhi, India, will play a quarter-final today, but the tournament was once caught in the storm of the new crown epidemic, with 7 players confirmed to be infected in one day and more than 10 withdrawals.
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12 withdrawals in one day
The India Open (Super 500) is the opening year of the 2022 BWF and the first of the three races in India in January, but the current epidemic situation in India is still grim. Since this month, India has suffered the third wave of the peak of the epidemic, the new confirmed cases have climbed daily, and the new cases yesterday have reached nearly 250,000, reaching a new high in nearly half a year, and the ongoing India Open has also been affected.
On the first day of the match, an Indian mixed doubles pair withdrew from the match; on the second day, a Spanish men's singles and an Indian men's doubles pair withdrew from the match; by yesterday's quarter-final, three men's singles and 9 pairs doubles pairs withdrew, and 12 games were not played due to withdrawal. The players are all Indian players, including former world number one and 2021 World Championships men's singles silver medalist Srikans.
Yesterday, the BWF released news that 7 Indian badminton players have withdrawn from the game due to the diagnosis of the new crown. Although the BWF has not released the list of confirmed players, the names of these players have been published by the local Media of India that knows the situation. Yesterday, the famous general Srikans published the news of his infection with the virus on social platforms, saying that he is currently feeling good and his symptoms are mild. Since they were going to participate in the race, it was inevitable that they would take transport to New Delhi.
Local players are in a big encirclement trend
The storm caused sirikhans and other main players to withdraw from the game, and the Indian legion was hit a little. However, due to the small number of players who signed up for the competition, nearly half of the players participating in this game were from India, and the Indian Legion is still strong. In the 40 seats in the top 8 of the individual event, Indian players have a total of 22 seats, and the famous players such as Schindhu, Ranki Reddy/Sheti, Lakshya and Planoy are still expected to achieve good results.
The current men's singles round of 8 matches, the world championship new team champion Luo Jianyou is the most promising player to rush the championship, he will face a Russian player today, the potential opponent in the semifinals is the winner between Canada's Yang Can and Denmark's Brown; women's singles, the top seed Schindhu can be said to be a ride, because only Bussanlan and Yang Jiamin in the top 8 are ranked in the top 20 in the world.
In the men's doubles, Indonesia's Ashan/Hendra, who are the top seed, will face a Norwegian duo today, with a potential opponent in the semi-finals being Malaysia's Wang Yaoxin/Zhang Yuyu. It is worth mentioning that Luo Jianyou's brother Luo Jianxian and partner Xu Yongkai also reached the men's doubles quarterfinals, and they will play against India's Ranki Reddy/Sheti.
There are very few women's doubles players, 25 of the 32 pairs in the competition are Indian combinations, and there are currently 4 Indian pairs in the top 8. Mixed doubles, as in women's doubles, 25 of the 32 pairs are from India. Returning to the national team, Malaysia's famous Player Tan Bing-chiu and new partner Xiao Zixuan reached the quarterfinals, plus the same Malaysian Chen Tangjie / Bai Yanwei and Chen Jianming / Lai Peijun, Malaysia's mixed doubles win the championship has great hopes.