Having already sealed their place in the quarter-finals, the match against Thailand was to determine the table-topper in Group B of the competition.
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Reigning world champion Pramod Bhagat on Saturday stormed into the men's singles finals of the badminton event. He secured a 21-11 21-16 win over Japan's Daisuke Fujihara in the first SL3 class semifinals that lasted 36 minutes.
Sindhu, who bagged the second medal at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, has become the first Indian woman to win two individual Olympic medals in a row.
Olympic medallist PV Sindhu received a rousing welcome at the Delhi airport on August 03. She clinched the women's singles badminton bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Sindhu defeated China's He Bing Jiao in the bronze medal match.
The 88-year-old, who won over 100 national and international titles in his career, was suffering from age-related ailments.
Momota had fractured his eye socket in a highway accident in Malaysia, which took the life of his driver and injured several Japan team members.
No positive tests have been recorded so far for players who were tested on arrival and who are currently in quarantine, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) informed on Tuesday.
The 19-year-old claimed five titles in the senior circuit last year, including two BWF World Tour Super 100 top honours — SaarLorLux Open and Dutch Open.
The BWF on Friday said that due to challenges in securing all logistical arrangements for players and participants, staging the Asian leg in November as originally planned, was no longer a viable option.
The nodal sports body had allowed the camp for eight Olympic hopefuls following approval from the Telangana government on August 1 but only four are currently training at the SAI-Pullela Gopichand Academy.
The decision was in line with the International Olympic Committee (IOC)'s recent directive to its National Olympic Committees (NOCs) to maintain gender equality in decision-making positions by 2020.
Viktor Axelsen hopes that rules are in place for the players to be able to make a choice on whether they want to play the matches or not.
The Hyderabad Open, which was scheduled for August 11-16 and was a part of the BWF schedule to restart the sport, has been cancelled due to coronavirus.
Coach Sanjay Mishra says he tells his wards to try and control the negative thoughts which would also help them deal with tough match situations.
The events affected include the several BWF World Tour events headlined by the Blibli Indonesia Open 2020 (Super 1000) and a number of Grade 3, junior and para-badminton competitions, the world governing body of badminton said in a statement
Barring the ongoing All England Championships, all badminton events have suspended until April 12.
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.
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 Badminton Association of India (BAI) had named a second-string women team for the tournament to be held from February 11 to 16 but a full-strength men's side which features World Championship bronze medallist B Sai Praneeth.
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