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Anahat Singh (born 13 March 2008) is an Indian squash player. She's an Asian Games double-bronze medalist. Singh is ranked 86th in the women's world ranking, as of November 2024. She has been the youngest national champion, the youngest Indian to win a medal at the Asian Games, and the youngest athlete to represent the nation at the Commonwealth Games.




Early life






= Family and background

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Singh was born in Delhi on 13 March 2008 to Tani Vadehra and Gursharan Singh. While her mother is an interior designer, her father is a lawyer. Both her parents used to play field hockey. Being inspired by P. V. Sindhu, a six year old Singh started playing badminton.
She used to accompany her sister Amira who played squash. After playing a few squash tournaments where she performed well, she grew fond of it and switched to the sport.




= Coaching

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At the beginning of her career, Singh was coached by Amjad Khan and Ashraf Hussein, which was followed by Ritwick Bhattacharya. Singh has also been coached by Stéphane Galifi and Grégory Gaultier. Indian squash icon Saurav Ghosal is her mentor and helps her decide which tournaments to play.




Career


Singh rose to prominence after winning the Girls U11 title at the British Junior Open Squash in January 2019. This was followed by the Girls U13 title at the Dutch Junior Open Squash in July of the same year. She was also a part of the 2021–22 PSA World Tour, by virtue of reaching quarterfinals of the HCL-SRFI Indian Tour held in Noida during 4-7 September 2021. In June 2022, she won the Girls U15 title of the Asian Junior Squash Individual Championships. At the age of 14, she was the youngest athlete to represent India at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
At the 2023 edition of the British Junior Open Squash, Singh became the champion in Girls U15 category after beating Egypt's Sohaila Hazem in the final. In August 2023, she won the Girls U17 title of the Asian Junior Squash Individual Championships 2023 held in Dalian, China. This was followed by two bronze medals at the 2022 Asian Games in mixed doubles with Abhay Singh and in the women's team event. Singh became the senior National Champion in November 2023 after Tanvi Khanna had to retire in the finals due to an injury. She ended the year by winning the Girls U19 title at the 2023 Scottish Junior Open Squash in Edinburgh by defeating Robyn McAlpine.
In January 2024, Singh finished as a runner-up in Girls U17 category at the British Junior Open after a loss to Nadien Elhammamy. Later in the same month, she won her first PSA Tour title at the JSW Willingdon Little Masters & Senior Tournament by defeating Japan’s Erisa Sano Herring 11-4, 11-3 and 11-7 in the final. This was followed by a win at the Hamdard Squashters Northern Slam tournament in April 2024 where Singh defeated Korea's Hwayeong Eum 3-0 (11-6, 11-4, 11-5) in the final. Her third title win on the tour came in June 2024 at the HCL Squash Tour Chennai when she defeated fellow compatriot Rathika Seelan 3-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-3) in the final.




Titles and finals



Note: Table shows international events and does not include national level title wins




Awards and nominations






See also


Squash in India
India women's national squash team




References






External links


Anahat Singh at the Professional Squash Association
Anahat Singh at Squash Info

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Anahat Singh
• Abhay Singh (squash player)
• India at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
• 2024–25 PSA Squash Tour
• India at the 2022 Asian Games
• Indian Sports Honours
• Srihari Nataraj
• Tharinda Ratwatte
• 2023–24 PSA World Tour
• Squash in India