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Without lifting a racket on Saturday (Jan 15), Singapore’s shuttlers Terry Hee and Tan Wei Han, and Loh Kean Yew have progressed to the India Open mixed doubles and men’s singles finals respectively after their opponents pulled out due to illness. Hee and Tan had been scheduled to face Russia’s world No. 19 mixed doubles pair of Rodion Alimov and Alina Davletova in the semi-finals. But after winning their quarter-final on Friday (Jan 14), Alimov tested positive for Covid-19 and Davletova was identified as a close contact, forcing them to withdraw. This allowed the world No. 182 Singaporean pair to...