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The Badminton World Federation (BWF) said on Thursday (Sep 1) the Hong Kong Open, due to take place in November, has been cancelled for the third straight year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the complexities of quarantine measures in the city.
Hong Kong's top badminton tournament has been cancelled because of stringent anti-Covid policies which required players to compete in an "isolation bubble", organisers said on Thursday. The Hong Kong Open, scheduled for November 8-13, has not been held since the pandemic began and the latest announcement dealt a fresh blow to the Chinese city's ambitions to reboot its decimated sports scene. The Hong Kong Badminton Association said there was "no viable option" but to cancel because the city's anti-epidemic measures -- which follow China's zero-Covid strategy -- differed from that of other World Tour events.
badminton events -- Hong Kong Open Super 500 and Macau Open Super 300 -- have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 restrictions in the two countries, world governing body BWF said on Thursday. While the Macau Open was slated from November 1 to 6, the Hong Kong Open was scheduled to be held in Kowloon from November 8 to 13.
Two world tour badminton events -- Hong Kong Open Super 500 and Macau Open Super 300 -- have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 restrictions in the two countries, world governing body BWF said on Thursday. While the Macau Open was slated from November 1 to 6, the Hong Kong Open was scheduled to be held in Kowloon from November 8 to 13. However, the Badminton World Federation said it was informed by the governing body of the two countries that hosting an event will not be viable under the current situation.
Star Indian shuttler HS Prannoy breezed into the quarterfinals with a stunning straight-game win over former world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore but it was curtains for Kidambi Srikanth at the Japan Open Super 750 tournament here on Thursday. A former world number 8, Prannoy, who had reached the quarterfinals of the world championships last week, continued his rampaging run as he saw off eighth seeded Loh 22-20 21-19 in a 44-minute second round men's singles match. This was Prannoy's third win over the world number 7 Singaporean in four meetings.
Indian shuttler HS Prannoy moved into the men's singles pre-quarterfinals of the Japan Open after his opponent Ng ka Long Angus retired hurt midway in the first round here on Tuesday. The unseeded Prannoy was narrowly leading the first game 11-10 when the world number 12 player from Hong Kong threw in the towel within seven minutes of their men's singles opener. The world number 18 Indian will now take on former world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in the second round.
Star Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth registered a stunning straight-game win over world number 4 Lee Zii Jia but Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen suffered a shock defeat in the opening round of the Japan Open Super 750 tournament in Osaka on Wednesday. Srikanth, a former world number 1, recovered from his early exit from last week's World Championships, to outwit fifth seed Lee 22-20 23-21 in his men's singles opener which lasted 37 minutes. It was his first win over the Malaysian in four meetings.
Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Japan's Kenta Nishimoto in the second round to make an early exit from the Japan Open Super 750 badminton tournament in Osaka on Wednesday. The 21-year-old from Almora, a 2021 world championships bronze medallist, went down 21-18, 14-21, 13-21 to world number 21 Nishimoto in a men's singles match that lasted an hour and six minutes. It was his first defeat to the Japanese in two meetings. Fast-rising men's doubles pairing of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila, who jumped nine places to reach world number 26 after a quarterfinal finish at the World Championships, lost 21-19, 21-23, 15-21 to Korean combination of Choi Sol Gyu and Kim Won Ho.