India Open chaos takes centre stage

While concerns over playing conditions, air quality and extreme cold in the national capital have dominated early discussion, a range of venue-related issues including on-court lighting, have also come into focus at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex, which is hosting the event for the first time

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

It was intended to be a dress rehearsal for the BWF World Championships in August and the ongoing India Open Super 750 badminton tournament has managed to expose all possible operational gaps that need to be plugged before the marquee competition.

While concerns over playing conditions, air quality and extreme cold in the national capital have dominated early discussion, a range of venue-related issues including on-court lighting, have also come into focus at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex, which is hosting the event for the first time.

"We were aware of the challenges and we will make it better during the World Championships. There are no major issues. Even the monkey incident (seen in the spectators’ gallery on Wednesday), we take it as a lesson. We will be better prepared and put extra guards. The BWF also has confidence in us," Badminton Association of India (BAI) secretary general Sanjay Mishra told PTI.