India Open 2022

India Open 2022: Two players withdrawn from tournament due to COVID-19

Russian mixed doubles player Rodion Alimov tested positive for the virus and was withdrawn from the USD 400,000 tournament. His mixed doubles partner Alina Davletova was also withdrawn after being identified as a close contact.

India Open 2022: PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen enter semi-finals with contrasting wins

Top seed Sindhu, a former world champion, took 36 minutes to get the better of 21-year-old Chaliha 21-7 21-18 and set up a last-four clash with Thailand's Supanida Katethong, seeded sixth.

India Open badminton: Kidambi Srikanth, six others withdrawn after testing positive for COVID-19

Besides Srikanth, the other players withdrawn are Ashwini Ponnappa, Ritika Rahul Thakar, Treesa Jolly, Mithun Manjunath, Simran Aman Singh and Khushi Gupta.

India Open 2022: Saina Nehwal, Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy advance to second round

Former World No 1 Saina, who missed a lot of tournaments last year due to multiple injuries, moved to the second round after her opponent Czech Republic's Tereza Svabikova suffered a back injury and retired mid-way while lagging 20-22 0-1 in the opening round match.

India Open 2022: PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth eye glory as Super 500 tournament begins amid COVID-19 spike

A lot of ranking points will be up for grabs at the $400,000 Super 500 tournament which is being held in the looming shadows of a raging third wave of the pandemic in the country with cases rising at a rapid speed, fuelled by the new Omicorn variant.

Indian Open 2022: B Sai Praneeth withdraws from tournament after testing positive for COVID-19

Another Indian player, double specialist Dhruv Rawat, also tested positive for the virus.