New Delhi: Tennis star Mia Blichfeldt of Denmark has sharply criticized the conditions at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in the national capital and the air pollution during the India Open Super 750 badminton tournament. 

Blichfeldt, who was eliminated in the women’s singles second round on Thursday, expressed frustration over falling ill for the second consecutive year at the event.

In a post shared on Instagram, Blichfeldt voiced her disappointment over the impact of the conditions on her performance: “Finally home after a long and stressful week in India. It’s 2 years in a row now that I get sick during India Open,” Blichfeldt wrote on her Instagram page. 

“It’s really hard to accept that many weeks of work and preparing, gets wasted because of bad conditions. It’s not fair to anyone that we have to train and play in smog, birds shitting on the courts, and dirt everywhere. These conditions are too unhealthy and unacceptable. @bwf.official. I’m happy that I managed to go on court and win my first round and still play a good match in the second round, but I’m far from satisfied.”