Indonesia's Simon Santoso plays a shot against Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei in their men's singles finals match at the Singapore Open badminton tournament April 13, 2014. REUTERS/Edgar Su
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's miserable luck with injuries has continued with Simon Santoso the latest shuttler forced to withdraw from next week's world championships in Denmark after contracting dengue fever.
The world number eight, who won the Singapore and Malaysian Opens this year, has been in hospital since being diagnosed on Monday and will not be replaced for the event in Copenhagen as the men's singles draw has already been made.
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