New Delhi: Indian shuttlers have been dealing with a series of injuries this year, affecting their plans and preparations for the qualifying cycle of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The Olympic qualification period is between April 29, 2019 and April 26, 2020 with the ranking list published on April 30 to be used to decide the spots.
Each Nation can enter a maximum of two players in the men's and women's singles if both are ranked in the world's top 16 and the Indian shuttlers will have to come up with some good performances to make the cut.
However, injuries have affected the plans of top shuttlers such as Saina and Sameer Verma, both of whom have skipped the ongoing Indonesia Open BWF World Tour Super 1000.
Saina had issues with her shin, ankle, hip and wrist, which robbed her of enough practice time. Sameer has a shoulder niggle. Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy also had share of injuries.
