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Parupalli Kashyap exited from the tournament after he retired in the third game of his first-round clash against Canada's Jason Anthony Ho-Shue owing to a calf injury.
It was a chaotic day and the entire procedure put us under severe mental stress, the duo told Malayala Manorama.
They will compete in back-to-back BWF World Tour Super 1000 events in Thailand.
The withdrawal of former world No.1 Saina means there will be no Indian participation in the women's singles event at Odense as world champion P V Sindhu has already opted out.
On Tuesday, the BAI recommend doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and men's singles player Sameer Verma for the Arjuna Award.
Kashyap pointed out that there is still no scope for practice amid the coronavirus pandemic and the BWF has drawn out a calendar made of 22 tournaments across the world in five months.
The Badminton World Federation said on Friday it will not extend the qualification period to add more ranking events in the lead-up to the Olympics as it will affect different players 'either positively or negatively'.
World champion P V Sindhu exited the USD 400,000 Hong Kong Open in the pre-quarterfinals but Kidambi Srikanth made the quarters for the first time in seven months after claiming a thrilling win in men's singles.
Both B Sai Praneeth and Parupalli Kashyap bowed out of the competition after losing their respective second-round matches.
Saina Nehwal's poor run of form continued as the Olympic bronze-medallist lost to local favourite Cai Yan Yan in straight games.