In October, Lakshya Sen had also tested positive which forced him to pull out of a tournament in Germany while Ajay Jayaram and Shubhankar Dey also pulled out as they were together with Lakshya Sen. Saina Nehwal had raised concerns about the safety of the tournament that was being conducted amidst the coronavirus pandemic. However, the entire tournament was cancelled following the outbreak.
However, according to a report by PTI, the players will be tested again on Monday. “There have been cases when a lot of time the first test result comes false positive, so the players have been advised by the doctors to wait and monitor a few days and take a second test on Monday,” a member of the Gopichand Academy said.
Recently in October, With the COIVD-19 lockdowns almost coming to an end and things returning back to normalcy, Indian shuttlers have been training for the next year's Tokyo Olympics 2020 - which got postponed due to the coronavirus. However, with such a hectic schedule, a break is what is needed and some of India's badminton stars have gone to explore the beaches of Maldives.
Indian badminton star couple Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap were joined by close friends and fellow India players Sai Praneeth and Gurusai Dutt along with their wives Swetha Jayanthi and Amulya Gullapalli respectively on this vacation. According to their Instagram feed, the group of friends visited the Maldives and have been posting pictures of them showing fans about their vacation. It was on October 28 that Saina Nehwal posted a picture saying, "Happy holidays".