Saina Nehwal, HS Prannoy test corona positive in Thailand
Several other Indian players are participating in the ongoing Thailand Open. PV Sindhu, Sai Praneeth, Kidambi Srikanth, among others will be in action in the tournament.
New Delhi: Saina Nehwal, HS Prannoy has returned positive in the third Covid-19 test in quarantine in Bangkok, Thailand.
Both the players have been asked to isolate in a hospital for a minimum of 10 days by the organisers. Both the players have been withdrawn from the tournament.
Though, BAI made no mention of Parupalli Kashyap, Saina’s husband, the Indian shuttler too gave a walkover to his Canadian opponent Jason Anthony Ho-Shue, thereby bringing an end to his participation at the Thailand Open.
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Recently the player had raised concerns over the fitness of the athletes after physios and trainers were restricted from meeting the badminton players during the entirety of their Thailand tour.
The physios and trainers cannot meet us during the entire tour after all of us have tested negative ? @bwfmedia @bwf_ac 4 weeks of this ?♀️?♀️ how is it possible to maintain ourselves . We want to play the tournament in good condition. Please sort this @bwfmedia .
— Saina Nehwal (@NSaina) January 5, 2021