Kidambi Srikanth shares picture of bloodied nose, alleges poor treatment from medical staff
Other Sports | January 12, 2021 16:45 ISTThe Indian contingent has been hit with multiple Covid-19 cases in Thailand.
The Indian contingent has been hit with multiple Covid-19 cases in Thailand.
Kidambi Srikanth bowed out of the Denmark Open badminton tournament with a 22-20, 13-21, 16-21 defeat to Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei.
The fifth seed Indian took 33 minutes to get the better of his Canadian opponent 21-15 21-14 in the men's singles second round match of the Super 750 tournament, Lakshya, goes down 21-15 7-21 17-21 to experienced local challenger Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghu.
The former world number one, who had claimed four Super Series titles in 2017, beat Toby 21-12 21-18 in 37 minutes, as the sport finally got going after a seven-month-long break.
The former world number one, who had claimed four superseries titles in 2017, beat Toby 21-12 21-18 in 37 minutes, as the sport finally got going after the long coronavirus-forced hiatus.
Kidambi opens against world no 52 Toby Penty of England in the second half of the draw while Shubhankar Dey and Ajay Jayaram will look to go deep into the tournament.
Rest of the Indian squad, including Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth and Shubhankar Dey, flew with Air France from Delhi on Thursday night.
Srikanth will open against England's Toby Penty and may face fellow Indian Subhankar Dey in the second round. For Saina, France's Yaelle Hoyaux awaits her in the women's singles opener.
SAI will also bear the cost for Srikanth's COVID-19 testing that is required to be done before he takes part in the competition.
On disciplinary grounds, the BAI did not nominate world number 14 Srikanth and 28th ranked Prannoy for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Arjuna Award respectively.
Srikanth had been in the middle of a race against time to seal qualification to the Tokyo Olympics when the coronavirus pandemic exploded on a global scale.
Badminton star Kidambi Srikanth is urged people to stay at home amid the deadly outbreak of coronavirus.
The Indian duo has been inconsistent in 2019 and didn't enjoy a good start to the new year.
The men's team had last won a bronze medal in Hyderabad in the 2016 edition of the tournament.
India eased past Kazakhstan in the opener of Asia Team Badminton Championships.
Pullela Gopichand dismissed concerns regarding PV Sindhu's form despite her poor run after winning the 2019 BWF World Championships.
Saina Nehwal lost to 13-21, 21-17, 15-21 to Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt while Kidambi Srikanth was handed a 21-12, 14-21, 11-21 loss by Shesar Hiren Rhustavito.
While, Kidambi lost to Shesar Hiren Rhustavito of Indonesia, Verma suffered a crushing defeat to Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia.
At this moment, world champion PV Sindhu (6th) and B Sai Praneeth (11th) and men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty (8th) have more or less assured their berths for the Tokyo Games.
Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth has stressed that the BWF making it compulsory to play in 12 events has made it difficult for players.
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