India, Feb. 10 -- India Open - the country's biggest badminton tournament - maintained its status as a Super 750 event despite the organisational issues it faced here last month. It will continue to be held in New Delhi.

However, Syed Modi India International was downgraded from Super 300 to Super 100 as the Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Monday announced tournament hosts for the revamped 36-tournament BWF World Tour cycle from 2027 to 2030. The Lucknow tournament had maintained Super 300 status ever since the BWF World Tour was introduced in 2018.

The India Open had come under massive criticism after players had complained of not maintaining hygienic conditions, monkeys entering the stadium and birds and bird excreta disturbing pl...