In a joint statement, the Badminton Association of India (BAI) and Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Wednesday said that the tournament will be held as per schedule.
Mary Kom (51kg) also said her experience of over two decades will be her biggest weapon against younger opponents in Tokyo.
Vikas Krishan, a world and Asian medallist, was to take on Jordan's Zeyad Eashash in the summit clash but was forced to pull out because of an eye injury.
Shivpal Singh became the second Indian javelin thrower after star athlete Neeraj Chopra to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.
Vikas Krishan (69kg) and Simranjit Kaur (60kg) advanced to the finals with impressive victories but the legendary MC Mary Kom (51kg) and world number one Amit Panghal (52kg) settled for bronze.
The 28-year-old Indian will face feisty Jordanian Eishaih Hussein, who sent Asian gold-medallist and top seed Bobo-Usmon Baturov packing in a split decision.
The second-seeded 22-year-old lost to third seed and 2018 world silver-medallist Hong Gu of China in a unanimous 5-0 verdict after struggling to find her range against the experienced 30-year-old.
The season's first Super 1000 event witnessed a dramatic build-up in the wake of the COVID19 outbreak, which has claimed over 4000 lives and infected more than 100,000 people globally.
Mandeep Singh says they are looking forward to winning a medal at the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games.
PV Sindhu has five world championship medals to her name and is the first Indian singles badminton player to win an Olympic silver medal.
The Hellenic Olympic Committee announced on Monday that about 100 accredited guests from the International Olympic Committee and Tokyo 2020 will attend the lighting ceremony in Olympia.
The Italian Olympic Committee, which oversees all sporting events in the country, said in a statement that the suspension will last until April 3 and that it would request a government decree to impose its decision.
Only 100 accredited guests will be allowed to attend the traditional event, Greece’s Olympic committee said Monday.
Second-seeded Mary Kom notched up a comfortable 5-0 win over Philippines' Irish Magno in her quarterfinal bout for a ticket to her second Olympic Games. She won a bronze in the 2012 London Olympics when women's boxing was first introduced at the showpiece
Satish Kumar became India's first super heavyweight boxer to qualify for Olympics in the ongoing Asian qualifiers in Amman.
Kaushik also remains in contention for an Olympic berth if he can win the box-off between losing quarterfinalists as the top six boxers will claim Tokyo tickets in the 63kg category.
Amit Panghal, who is the reigning Asian Games and Asian Championships gold-medallist, prevailed in a 1-4 split verdict against Paalam.
The WMH is the sole Masters entity recognised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and responsible for organising International Masters hockey globally.
The 19-year-old Chaudhary lost 0-5 to Im, who is also a former world youth champion. Only the semifinalists are entitled to an Olympic berth in the women's 57kg category.
The junior women's team had an excellent Three Nations Tournament in Australia in December, where they defeated New Zealand twice.
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