New Delhi: Danish shuttler Mia Blichfeldt expressed her frustration with the poor playing conditions at the ongoing India Open 2025 in New Delhi. She criticized the players struggles with smog and even bird droppings on the courts. Blichfeldt ranked world No. 23 was eliminated in the round of 16 by China’s Zhi Yi Wang in the women’s singles event. In an Instagram post Blichfeldt shared the difficulties faced by players due to pollution in the capital. She also mentioned that for the second consecutive year she fell ill leading her to regret the wasted preparation for the tournament. Finally home after a long and stressful week in India. Its 2 years in a row now that I get sick during India Open. Its really hard to accept that many weeks of work and preparing gets wasted because of bad conditions. Its not fair to anyone that we have to train and play in smog birds shitting on the courts and dirt everywhere. These conditions are to unhealthy and unacceptable. @bwf.official Blichfeldt wrote in a long Instagram post.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Mia Blichfeldt (@mia_blichfeldt) Im happy that I managed to go on court and win my first round and still play a good match in second round but Im fare from satisfied she added in the post which also added pictures of the city and the event. At the time of writing the Air Quality Index (AQI) in New Delhi was recorded at 216 which falls under the severe category. As per an Indian Express report multiple pigeons were seen flying inside the indoor arena during the week. BAI says discussions underway for alternate venue: In the meantime the Badminton Association of India (BAI) issued a statement mentioning that they are in talks with the Badminton World Federation (BWF) to explore other venue options for future events. As the host and staging authority for the India Open the Badminton Asociation of India gains access to the stadium and its infrastructure only four days before the event which poses significant logistical challenges BAI secretary Sanjay Mishra said in a statement We are already in discussions with the BWF to explore alternative venues and are actively evaluating the infrastructure options he added.