BWF cancels India Open, Hyderabad Open

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Monday cancelled the India Open Super 500 and Hyderabad Open Super 100 tournaments as they announced a revamped international calender after the COVID surge.

India Open that was one of the qualifiers for the Tokyo Games was scheduled to be held from May 11 to 16 but later it got postponed due to the second wave of COVID-19 in India.

The USD 1,00,000 Hyderabad Open was slated to be held from August 24 to 29.

In some other news, BWF has also confirmed that Finland will be hosting the Sudirman Cup Final and the World Tour Finals but BWF.

Earlier, both the tournaments were scheduled in China.

The apex body also decided to push the prestigious World Championships, to be held in Spain in December, by two weeks.

"COVID-19 restrictions have meant it is not feasible to conduct tournaments in China this year. Therefore, alternative host cities have been identified for the TotalEnergies BWF Sudirman Cup Finals 2021 and the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2021," BWF said in a statement.

"Vantaa, Finland is the new host of the TotalEnergies BWF Sudirman Cup Finals 2021 in Week 39 (26 September 3 October 2021)."

Action will then shift to Denmark which will host the Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2020 in Aarhus (October 9-17), which was postponed last year.