On March 24, the 2022 BWF Tour Super 300 Swiss Open entered its third day of competition, with five individual top-eight spots decided on the same day. On the day of the match, the biggest surprise was the withdrawal of the men's singles world number one and Denmark's Acetron, and it can be seen in his personal statement that after experiencing the German Open and the All England Open, his body is already in a rather tired state, and he wanted to continue to insist, but it was very uncomfortable, so he made a difficult decision to withdraw. This time, the Five World No. 1s in the Swiss Open are all absent, destined to be a star-studded event.
At last week's All England Open, almost all the top masters have competed in the centennial event known as the "Little World Championship", but as the competition progresses, there have been situations one after another, including The National Feather, many players have been unwell, as well as injuries, and can only choose to withdraw. After the All England Championship, there were multiple cases of testing positive and having to undergo isolation. The same situation occurred in The coaching staff, in order to consider the physical condition of the athletes, finally made the decision to withdraw from the Swiss Open collectively.
At the All England Open, Acetron won his second men's singles title after two years, proving his absolute status as the first men's singles champion in today's badminton. After moving to Switzerland, he continued to compete in the men's singles competition, and he easily advanced to the first round, but before the second round, he announced his retirement and explained why. Towards the end of the first round, he suddenly felt unwell and the situation worse at night, but the next day he did not get better, so he could only regret the decision to withdraw. Last year, Acetron was diagnosed during the European Championships, but after treatment, he quickly recovered and won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics that year.
After the All England Championship, many players from many countries and regions have been unwell, most of them have been diagnosed, including Singapore's world champion Luo Jianyou, South Korea's women's singles talent girl An Xianying and doubles star Li Shaoxi, and some people in Japan have also been confirmed, including Guoyu also reported confirmed cases. Combined with the UK's epidemic prevention policy and the situation during the All England Race, the safety and health of the participating athletes have not been guaranteed to the greatest extent, so it is inevitable that the number of confirmed cases continues to increase. I wish the unfortunate infected players a speedy recovery and return to the field.