Badminton: World No. 1 Momota, 14 other Japanese to skip Denmark Open

Fifteen Japanese badminton players, including men's world No. 1 Kento Momota, have pulled out of this month's Denmark Open, the Nippon Badminton Association said Friday.An association source said the players' teams requested the withdrawals from the event starting Oct. 13 due to their concerns over increasing novel coronavirus infections in Europe.The tournament will be the first on the world tour since March's All-England Open. The Denmark Open was to be Momota's competitive return after the 26-year-old suffered a broken right eye socket in a fatal car accident on Jan. 13, the morning afte…READ FULL ARTICLE