All England Open: Indonesian badminton team out after COVID-19 case on flight

Organizers announced that Indonesia’s badminton team in Birmingham were forced to pull out of this week’s Kovid-affected All England Open Championship in Birmingham after a passenger flew to the UK. “As per the requirements of the UK government, the entire team will self-segregate for 10 days from the date of their inbound flight, after which testing positive for Kovid-19,” it said in a statement late Wednesday. “Not all Indonesian players will be able to compete in the current or next round of the tournament and hence they have been withdrawn from the All England Open 2021.”

The prestigious tournament began on Wednesday with a five-hour delay after several positive and inconclusive results. All came back after retiring.

Several Indonesian players enjoyed successful opening matches on Wednesday, including men’s fifth seed Jonatan Christie and men’s doubles top seed Marcus Fernadi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo.

His opponents are given a walkover in the next round.

The All England Open last year was the final event on the BWF calendar, played before the game was called off due to a coronovirus epidemic.

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International competition resumed in Denmark in October, but was suspended again until January, when three tournaments, including the World Tour Finals, were staged in a biosure “bubble” in Thailand.

Not counting towards Olympic qualification, leading Asian badminton countries China, South Korea and Taiwan had already opted not to travel due to virus restrictions, and the loss of the Indonesia team to the event being played without fans There is another setback.