In the revamped calendar announced on Friday, BWF scheduled 22 competitions within a span of five months.
Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal, Parupalli Kashyap and Sai Praneeth expressed their disbelief on Friday (May 22) over the Badminton World Federation's (BWF) new tournament calendar for the remaining 2020 season following disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Taking to Twitter, Kashyap complained about the tight schedule of the competitions and wrote, "22 events in 5 months. Ok. Firstly, practice hasn't begun yet. @hkvittinghus @ViktorAxelsen @NSaina @PRANNOYHSPRI @janojorgensen @CarolinaMarin @srikidambi @saiprneeth92. Your thoughts guys ??"
"I wonder how can someone schedule tournaments like this," Praneeth tweeted.
Kashyap jokingly said, "5 months non stop travel ? @saiprneeth92 @NSaina."
To which Praneeth replied, "Ppl are saying to reduce travel and we are doing more travel than before."
Nehwal, on the other hand, wrote, "5 months non stop travel ... biggest question is what are the international guidelines of travelling during this #coronavirus pandemic??"
In the revamped calendar announced on Friday, BWF scheduled 22 competitions within a span of five months.
The BWF World Tour is scheduled for a comeback with the Taipei Open 2020 (Super 300) from September 1-6.
The badminton's governing body aims to restart the sport with Hyderabad Open 2020 from August 11-16.
The New Zealand Open 2020 (Super 300), Indonesia Open 2020 (Super 1000), Malaysia Open 2020 (Super 750), Thailand Open 2020 (Super 500), and India Open 2020 (Super 500) have all found new homes on the calendar, the BWF said in a release.
The Olympic-qualifying India Open badminton tournament has been scheduled to take place from December 8-13 in Delhi.
The season-ending BWF World Tour Finals in Guangzhou, China has been rescheduled back a week and will now take place on December 20, 2020.
The BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2020 in Aarhus, Denmark will now happen from October 3-11, 2020.
However, BWF has suspended German Open 2020, Swiss Open 2020, 2020 European Championships and Australian Open 2020.
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