15 Anahat Singh stunned Egypt’s eight-time world champion Nour El Sherbini in straight games to storm into the women’s singles quarterfinals of the Silicon Valley Open squash tournament in Redwood City, USA. World No.
In the biggest win of her career, the 18-year-old Indian, who recently won the Asian Games silver medal, defeated top seed and world No. 3 El Sherbini 11-8, 11-8, 11-7 in 30 minutes in the second round of the USD 143,500 PSA Gold event. 14 Salma Hany. In the women’s singles final, she lost to Malaysian Sivasangari Subramaniam 11-4, 11-4, 11-7.
The other medal she won in Japan was a bronze in women’s team event, where the Indian team’s campaign was ended in the semifinals by Hong Kong. Anahat’s achievement against Sherbini is quite big. The Egyptian is currently number three-ranked player in the world and seeded first in the tournament. “Going into the match, I have the national coach of India with me, and he was telling me that I definitely have a shot if I play really well. I have grown up watching every match of hers. We have the same coach, Greg. “She’s an inspiration to all squash players. I didn’t expect it to go like this. I thought I’d take a little while to settle in and understand how to play her. But the gameplan ended up working pretty well, and I just stuck through it. I still can’t believe that it ended up on my side of the court. I was happy I was able to get through it,” she added. Anahat will next face Egyptian world No. In the recently concluded Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya (Japan), Anahat picked up two medals. She became the first Indian woman to win a squash silver in the Asian Games.
I admire her and want to achieve the things she’s done in her career,” Anahat said after her win.
