The Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Friday announced that this year\u2019s US Open and Canada Open will not take place due to the coronavirus \u2018restriction and complications\u2019 across the world.<\/p>\n
The US Open, a Super 300 tournament on the HSBC BWF World Tour, was scheduled to be played from July 6 to 11, while the Super 300 in Canada was scheduled for June 29 to July 4.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ongoing COVID-19 restrictions and complications left local organizers no choice but to cancel the tournaments,\u201d BWF said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe respective decisions of USA Badminton and Badminton Canada were made in consultation and agreement with the BWF,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n
The cancellations follow the news that Badminton Asia has postponed its flagship event, the Asia Championships, which was to be an Olympic qualifying event.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe continental championship was to count towards the Race to Tokyo Rankings, but as it is not possible to reschedule the tournament within the Olympic Qualification period, the points will no longer be included,\u201d the BWF said.<\/p>\n
No replacement tournament would be added, according to BWF.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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