The 2012 London Olympics bronze medallist, who has slipped to 22nd in Badminton World Federation's Tokyo Olympics qualification rankings, has recently struggled with niggles
The Denmark Open is the only World Tour event scheduled to be held in the remainder of the season. Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen, Ajay Jayaram and Subhankar Dey are the only Indians who will compete in the Denmark Open
Parupalli Kashyap and his wife and star shuttler Saina Nehwal, who was chasing a berth at the Tokyo Olympics, had earlier suggested that the qualification period for the Games be extended in the light of tournaments getting cancelled due to coronavirus
Former top 10 player HK Vittinghus of Denmark on Friday shared a Taiwanese media report that a 10-year-old sports student, who was at the All England Championship, was diagnosed positive for COVID-19
Both the shuttlers are former champions of the World Tour Super 500 tournament --while Saina Nehwal had won the tournament in 2015, PV Sindhu had clinched the women's singles title in 2017
Concerns over the rapid spread of the deadly coronavirus had forced the postponement of the four Olympic qualifying events so far -- Lingshui China Masters (February 25 to March 1), Vietnam International Challenge (March 24 to 29) and German Open (March 3 to 8) and Polish Open (March 26 to 29)
Eight of the world’s top 10 Women's Singles and three of top Men's Singles players are set to play in the 10th edition of BWF Indian Indian badminton tournament
Saina Nehwal, who is facing a race against time to qualify for her fourth Olympics, brushed aside Maria Ulitina 21-10 21-19 in the second round to set up a last-eight clash with Thailand's third seed Busanan Ongbamrungphan, who has beaten the Indian twice in the last two encounters
