Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth Withdraw from Syed Modi International

The names of both Srikanth and Lakshya were not in the men's singles draw uploaded before the start of the January 18-23 BWF World Tour Super 300 tournament.

World championship silver medallist Kidambi Srikanth had tested positive for Covid-19 in a mandatory RT-PCR test conducted during the India Open and withdrew after playing the first round. Sen cited exhaustion after the Indian Open as the reason for pulling out of the event.

On Sunday, Lakshya Sen, who won the bronze medal in the BWF World Championship in December, went on to reach the India Open 2022 final in which he defeated reigning World Champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore to win his maiden BWF World Tour Super 500 title.