India shuttler Lakshya Sen's father and coach DK Sen has urged the country's badminton players, coaches and support staff to learn to adapt to the new normal after his recent ordeal in Germany, having tested positive for COVID-19 at the SaarLorLux Open in Saarbrucken on October 27.

Defending champion Lakshya and two other India players, World No. 13 Ajay Jayaram and 2018 winner Subhankar Dey were forced to pull out of the tournament and kept in isolation in Germany as they had been in contact with Sen. "We reached our Bangalore home this morning, around 5am. We are fine and healthy, but testing positive for COVID-19 despite taking all the precautionary measures was a shocker.