Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth are unlikely to make it to the Tokyo Olympics due to the cancellation of the Singapore Open.
World No. 13 shuttler B. Sai Praneeth has decided to pull out of the Singapore Open 2021 scheduled to begin on June 1.
The BWF confirmed that the Super 750 tournament will not be rescheduled within the Olympic qualification window.
This decision has been taken in the wake of a sudden rise in the COVID-19 cases in New Delhi, and an announcement of the lockdown in the city.
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.
The Russian Open and the Indonesia Masters Super 100 were scheduled for July and October respectively but were derailed by the pandemic.
The Malaysian won his first All England championship at the age of 23, beating defending champion Viktor Axelsen in the final.
The All England Open champion, Lee Zii Jia, has enjoyed a steady rise over the last few years in the sport of badminton
Gopichand became only the second Indian to win the All England Open Badminton Championhips in 2001 after Prakash Padukone.
World no. 1 Pramod Bhagat has won gold at the Dubai Para Badminton international in SL4 category defeating compatriot Nitesh Kumar.