Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], September 25 (ANI): Indian squash gamers Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh stormed into the ladies’s and males’s singles semi-finals respectively on the Asian Games 2026 after registering straight-game victories of their quarterfinals on Friday.
The 18-year-old Anahat produced a dominant show in opposition to compatriot Tanvi Khanna, defeating the 30-year-old 3-0 (11-2, 11-5, 11-3) in simply quarter-hour within the girls’s singles quarterfinal.
Anahat took management from the opening recreation, profitable 11-2 in 5 minutes with a sequence of well-directed drops. Tanvi struggled to deal with Anahat’s flat and quick recreation, because the teen continued to seek out factors along with her attacking pictures.
The second recreation adopted an identical sample, with Anahat sustaining the stress regardless of a late surge from Tanvi to win 11-5 in six minutes.
Anahat accomplished the victory with an 11-3 win within the third recreation to e book her place within the final 4.
She will face Japan’s Satomi Watanabe within the semifinal. Watanabe, the world No. 6, gained a bronze medal on the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.
Anahat and Watanabe have met as soon as beforehand, with the Indian taking a 2-0 lead earlier than the Japanese participant modified techniques to win the competition 3-2.
In the boys’s singles, Abhay Singh additionally superior to the semifinals with a snug 3-0 (11-4, 11-3, 11-6) win over Japan’s Ryunosuke Tsukue in half-hour.
Abhay dominated the competition from the outset and by no means allowed his Japanese opponent to construct momentum, sealing a straight-game victory.
Abhay may face compatriot Veer Chotrani within the semifinal if the latter defeats Pakistan’s Muhammad Irfan in his quarterfinal later within the day.
An all-Indian semifinal would assure India not less than a silver medal within the males’s singles occasion.
India has already secured medals in squash on the ongoing Games, with Joshana Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar reaching the combined doubles semifinals after defeating the Philippines’ David Pelino and Jemcya Aribado of their quarterfinal.
India loved a robust day on the Asian Games 2026, with capturing, squash, kabaddi and desk tennis producing key outcomes. Kamaljeet and Suruchi Inder Singh gained gold within the 10m air pistol combined group occasion, whereas Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudrankksh Patil and Niraj Kumar secured silver within the males’s 50m rifle 3 positions group occasion.
India confirmed a number of squash medals, with Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh reaching the ladies’s and males’s singles semifinals respectively, whereas Joshana Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar superior to the combined doubles semifinals. In desk tennis, Diya Chitale and Manush Shah secured a medal after reaching the combined doubles semifinals. Yashaswini Ghorpade additionally superior in girls’s singles.
The defending champions India entered the ladies’s kabaddi remaining after defeating Nepal, whereas the ladies’s hockey group beat Japan 3-1 in Pool B. In swimming, Sajan Prakash, Rishabh Das and Utkarsh Patil superior to their respective finals. Badminton additionally noticed wins for Dhruv Kapila-Tanisha Crasto and Unnati Hooda.
India suffered exits in fencing, canoe dash and a few swimming occasions, whereas the ladies’s kayak 4 completed eighth. Anamika Aneesh and Pooja remained seventh and ninth respectively within the heptathlon standings. India additionally misplaced 0-2 to South Korea in Pokemon Unite esports. (ANI)