With The India Open badminton match taking part in circumstances coming underneath scrutiny from international gamers, India’s Kidambi Srikanth on Wednesday stated that he doesn’t perceive the hue and cry. “I don’t know, see each nation has its personal circumstances,” stated Srikanth stated.
“In Singapore, there may be quite a lot of drift. In Malaysia, in all probability rather less. Earlier in Indonesia, it was very compact and quick earlier than renovation. Each nation has its personal problem.”
On Tuesday, Denmark’s Mia Blichfeldt had criticised the circumstances on the Indira Gandhi Stadium advanced, calling the environment “unhealthy” and urging the Badminton World Federation (BWF) to intervene forward of the World Championships later this yr on the identical venue.
VIDEO | Delhi: India’s Kidambi Srikanth after his R32 win in opposition to Tharun Manipalli within the ongoing India Open 2026 Badminton Championship, stated:
“The circumstances are completely effective right here, and I do not perceive the hue and cry over it… I needed to wait an hour in Denmark for my match… pic.twitter.com/etySu3bgYI
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Requested particularly about Blichfeldt’s feedback, Srikanth stated he had not seen her remarks intimately however the circumstances on the venue had been acceptable based mostly on his personal expertise. “See I frankly haven’t actually learn the observe that she spoke. However I really feel the circumstances are effective. I didn’t actually see something dangerous that was occurring,” he stated.
He additionally recalled previous disruptions on the worldwide circuit. “In 2016 or 2017, I needed to watch for about an hour in between my match in Denmark as a result of the sunshine went out. Prannoy was simply telling me, he needed to play his match the next day. He performed one set first day after which the second set on the next day. So, these items do occur, simply that no person does it intentionally. Each nation desires to do it rather well. So, these items do occur very not often, I don’t know why everybody’s complaining about it,” Srikanth stated.
On Wednesday,, Denmark’s Anders Antonsen, present males’s singles world No 3, additionally pulled out of the Indian Open, sharing his causes for opting out citing the air pollution degree in Delhi. “Many is (sic) curious to why I’ve pulled out of the India Open for the third consecutive yr. As a result of excessive air pollution in Delhi in the meanwhile I don’t thinks it’s a spot to host a badminton match,” Antonsen wrote on an Instagram story. The Dane had pulled out of India Open on January 4, even earlier than the season-opening Malaysia Open, the place he entered and misplaced within the semifinal in opposition to world No 1 Shi Yu Qi.
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