Nozomi Okuhara faces issue with hotel accommodation ahead of Odisha Masters 2023

Published at :December 11, 2023 at 11:52 AM

Modified at :December 30, 2023 at 7:10 PM

(Courtesy : @nozomi_o11/Twitter)

She recently won the Syed Modi International.

India is geared up to host third successive BWF World Tour event – BWF Odisha Masters – post the completion of Syed Modi International and Guwahati Masters. On Sunday, (September 10th) in unfortunate scheme of things former world champion Nozomi Okuhara found it tough to find accommodation which she revealed on her social media account.

In one of her stories posted on Instagram she mentioned the hotel staff saying, “We don’t have booking. And today is full.” After few hours, the Japanese international finally found a hotel room upon the intervention from the tournament officials.

Adventures in India Part 3 ft Nozomi Okuhara I dont think after such experiences anyone would be willing to come back to India , harsh reality I feel sorry on behalf of Indian Fans for all these the players have to go through 🙏 pic.twitter.com/luutwyE9dP
— Just Badminton (@BadmintonJust) December 10, 2023

During the recently concluded Syed Modi International 2023, a foreign shuttler had mentioned about the poor court conditions in Lucknow at the Babu Banarasi das Indoor Stadium. Later, the officials looked into the issue and the matches were held without much fuss.

The Odisha Masters (BWF 300) is scheduled to be held from 12-17 December in Odisha. The tournament will be held parallelly alongside the BWF World Tour Finals 2023. Priyanshu Rajawat and Wen Chi Hsu are the top seeds in men’s and women’s singles respectively.

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Nozomi Okuhara is seeded fourth just ahead of India’s no.2 Aakarshi Kashyap. The Japanese International enjoyed a dream run at the Syed Modi International by clinching the top spot defeating Line Kjaersfeldt in straight games (21-19, 21-16) in just over 50 minutes. She will be one of the favourites to clinch the Odisha Masters as well.

The practise sessions are underway with the players gearing to put in their best effort ahead of the all-important 2024 season.

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