Top Players to Be Absent at 2021 French Open

Monday, 25 October 2021 – 21:18 GMT+7
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Japanese women's singles badminton player Nozomi Okuhara / Credit: BWF

Twelve Indonesian representatives who previously participated in the 2021 Denmark Open are confirmed not to go to France.

Jonatan Christie and Anthony Sinisuka Ginting have been ruled out due to injury.

There are also other names who will not participate in the game, including Tommy Sugiarto (men's single), Ruselli Hartawan (women's single), Bagas Maulana and Muhammad Shohibul Fikri (men's doubles), Pramudya Kusumawardhana and Yeremia Erich Rambitan (men's doubles), Hafiz Faizal and Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja (mixed doubles), as well as Adnan Maulana and Mychelle Crhystine Bandaso (mixed doubles).

It is said that the withdrawal of Indonesian players is due to their Covid-19 vaccination. Those who are vaccinated with Chinese Sinovac cannot enter a number of European countries.

Japan

The Rising Sun team is without a number of names, such as the women's singles world number three, Nozomi Okuhara, and the women's doubles Ayako Sakuramoto and Yukiko Takahata.

It is not known why they have withdrawn from the 2021 French Open. Nozomi, Ayako, and Yukiko have also been absent at the 2021 Denmark Open.

China

A number of the world's top badminton players will not take part in the 2021 French Open.