[Badminton]The Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Thursday (13th) confirmed seven players who are participating in the 2022 India Open in New Delhi, India, because they tested positive for the new pneumonia virus without disclosing their identities. If you have a positive reaction, you will retire from the competition. The competition will indicate that the competition will continue, and the opponents of the withdrawing players will take a bye and go directly to the next round of competitions.
According to BWF’s announcement, seven players were confirmed to be diagnosed following undergoing mandatory testing on Tuesday (11th), and the doubles partner of this batch of players also had to retire because they were considered close contacts. Since the BWF will not arrange for substitute players to play, the opponents of the players who withdraw from the competition will have a bye and directly enter the next round of the competition.
The 2022 India Open is held once more following a two-year absence. The past two events have been cancelled due to the new pneumonia epidemic, and this year’s event is also held behind closed doors. Although BWF has not announced the identities of the seven confirmed players, it can be seen on the tournament website that in Tuesday’s match, India’s mixed doubles partner Saurabh Sharma/Prajakta Sawant withdrew from the match, leaving their Russian team to win without a fight. . In addition, on Wednesday (12th), the Spanish men’s singles player Luis Enrique Penalver and the Indian women’s doubles team Sanyogita Ghorpade/Prajakta Sawant also retired. As for the schedule on Thursday, that is, the second round of the competition today, there is no indication that any players will retire.
According to reports, New Delhi, India recorded 27,561 new cases of new pneumonia in a single day on Wednesday, with a confirmed rate of 26.22%; the Hong Kong team did not send any players to the India Open.
Source: Comprehensive foreign media
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