Sindhu will carry a billion hopes as she remains one of the favourites to claim a medal at the delayed Tokyo Games, beginning July 23.
Nehwal and Srikanth finished outside the top 16 of the singles rankings in the Race to Tokyo standings, thereby missing out on Olympic berths.
The Singapore Open is a Super 500 event on the BWF World Tour, and was the last qualifying event for the Tokyo ranking points inside the qualifying window.
Several competitions have been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, including Olympic qualifiers in India, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Doubts arose over whether Indians would be allowed to take part in the Malaysian Open due to the country imposing a temporary ban on flights from India.
Their qualification path was faced with difficulties since their last qualifying event-- Indian Open (May 11-16), was postponed because of an unprecedented rise in COVID-19 cases.
Kadam, a 2018 Asian Para Games bronze medallist, took to twitter to address the decision taken by the Mission Olympic Cell and tweeted out to Sports Minister, Kiren Rijiju.
From Carolina Marin to Kento Momota, here is a look at the in-form shuttlers dominating the badminton world currently:
