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(Reuters) - The
Badminton World Federation (BWF) said on Friday this year's U.S.
Open and Canada Open have been cancelled due to COVID-19
restrictions.
The U.S. Open, a Super 300 tournament on the BWF World Tour, was
due to take place from July 6-11, while the Canada Open, a Super
100 event, was slated for June 29-July 4.
"The ongoing COVID-19 restrictions and complications left local
organisers no choice but to cancel the tournaments," BWF said in
a statement.
The cancellations come in the wake of Badminton Asia's decision
to postpone its flagship competition, the Badminton Asia
Championships, which were to serve as an Olympic qualifying
event.
Since it is not possible to reschedule the continental
championship within the qualification period, the points will no
longer be included and no replacement tournament will be added,
the BWF said.
The Race to Tokyo, which resumed at this month's Swiss Open,
will close on June 15, with the Singapore Open serving as the
last tournament for qualification.
(Reporting by Arvind Sriram in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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