Badminton: All England Open start pushed back due to COVID-19 Reuters 4 days ago
(Reuters) - The start of the All England Open was delayed on Wednesday to allow the retesting of some samples after a number of inconclusive and positive COVID-19 results among participating teams, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) said.
The BWF said in a statement play would begin at 1400 GMT instead of 0900 GMT. The BWF and Badminton England can confirm that a significant number of COVID-19 tests conducted . were deemed inconclusive and as a result, the samples will be rerun, the governing body said in a statement. BWF can also confirm a small number of positive tests were recorded and in agreement with Public Health England, these cases will be retested. These cases will continue to self-isolate while they are being retested.
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All England Open: Sindhu, Satwik-Chirag make winning starts; Srikanth outsted, Nehwal retires hurt
World No 1 Kento Momota made a winning return to the BWF tour after an accident in January 2020 as he beat India’s P Kashyap in straight games. Updated Mar 18, 2021 · 08:59 am File image of PV Sindhu
Reigning world champion PV Sindhu made an impressive start at the All England Badminton Championships along with promising doubles duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty as the Super 1000 event got underway on Wednesday in Birmingham after hours of delay due to Covid-19 retesting.
However, compatriots Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap suffered early exits after losing their respective opening round singles matches on Wednesday.
All England Open: Kidambi Srikanth, Parupalli Kashyap bow out
By Mansoor| Published: 17th March 2021 9:24 pm IST
Birmingham: India shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap bowed out of the ongoing All England Open 2021 on Wednesday.
Ireland’s Nhat Nguyen defeated Srikanth 21-11, 15-21, 21-12 in the first round. World number one Kento Momota defeated Kashyap in straight games 21-13, 22-20 in another first-round match.
The 28-year-old Srikanth did not have a good first game and he ended up losing it 11-21. His Irish opponent was looking to march with the momentum. However, the Indian shuttler did not get bogged down and he staged a comeback in the next game to take the match to the deciding game. Srikanth was leading in the final game, but the Irish opponent made a marvellous comeback to send Srikanth out of the tournament.
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