Espanyol's Alvaro Tejero| Photo: AP/Joan Monfort Espanyol's Alvaro Tejero| Photo: AP/Joan Monfort

Spanish authorities postponed Monday night's league match between Villarreal and Espanyol due to heavy rain. (More Football News)

The decision was taken just moments before kickoff at Villarreal's Estadio de la Ceramica with thousands of spectators already in the ground.

La Liga said it will announce a new match date soon.

With the top seed and the All England Champion Carolina Marin pulling out of the tournament, Sindhu is among the frontrunner to win the title and end her trophy drought. Sindhu won her last BWF tour title at the 2022 Singapore Open Super 500.

The former world champion, who finished runner-up in the last edition,9x999 will take on either sixth seed Supanida Katethong of Thailand or Japan's Natsuki Nidaira.

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The cancellation came with Spain being deluged by inclement weather389win, four months after more than 200 people died in floods in nearby Valencia following record rainfall.