Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], September 26 (ANI): Indian squash star Anahat Singh produced a surprising comeback to defeat Japan’s Satomi Watanabe and attain the ladies’s singles remaining on the Asian Games 2026 on Saturday.
Anahat fought again from 0-2 right down to beat the world No. 6 Japanese participant 3-2 in an exciting semifinal contest. The Indian, ranked seventeenth on the earth, misplaced the opening two video games narrowly, happening Sept. 11, 11-13 as Watanabe used her variations, tempo adjustments and sharp angles successfully to place Anahat beneath strain.
With her again in opposition to the wall, Anahat confirmed exceptional composure within the third recreation. After trailing 8-10 and saving two recreation factors, she fought again to win the sport 12-10 and saved herself alive within the contest.
The momentum then shifted utterly in Anahat’s favour as she dominated the fourth recreation, successful it 11-6 to stage the match at 2-2 and pressure a deciding recreation.
In the decider, Anahat continued her attacking play and outplayed Watanabe to seal the sport 11-3, finishing a memorable comeback victory. With the win, Anahat superior to the ladies’s singles remaining, the place she is going to compete for the gold medal.
Meanwhile, India loved a powerful medal-winning day on the Asian Games 2026, with the ladies’s kabaddi crew clinching gold after defeating Iran 37-34 within the remaining. Athletics additionally introduced glory as Sawan Barwal gained silver within the males’s marathon with a nationwide document time of two:11:37.
In taking pictures, Ashi Chouksey, Tilottama Sen and Vidarsa Vinod secured crew silver within the ladies’s 50m rifle 3P occasion. Tilottama and Vidarsa later featured within the particular person remaining, ending fourth and fifth respectively after a carefully fought contest.
Squash delivered one other medal as Joshna Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar gained bronze in combined doubles after dropping their semifinal in opposition to Hong Kong’s Tang Ming Hong and Lee Ka Yi.
In badminton, India had optimistic outcomes with Ayush Shetty and Unnati Hooda advancing to the pre-quarterfinals after defeating Kazakhstan’s Makhsut Tajibullayev and Malaysia’s Wong Ling Ching, respectively. However, Lakshya Sen exited after dropping to Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew within the males’s singles second spherical.
In boxing, Kapil Pokhariya superior to the lads’s 91kg quarterfinals with a 5-0 win over Iran’s Sam Estaki, whereas Jadumani Singh bowed out after dropping to the Philippines’ Carlo Paalam within the males’s 55kg spherical of 16.
Indian archers continued their sturdy exhibiting in qualification rounds. Chikitha Taniparthi, Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Prithika Pradeep completed second in ladies’s crew compound qualification, whereas Dhiraj Bommadevara, Neeraj Chauhan and Yashdeep Bhoge secured third place in males’s crew recurve qualification, with Dhiraj setting Asian and nationwide data.
In squash, Anahat Singh produced a surprising comeback to defeat Japan’s Satomi Watanabe and attain the ladies’s singles remaining, overcoming a 0-2 deficit to win 3-2.
In athletics, Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad continued their decathlon marketing campaign, with Tejaswin ending first within the lengthy soar and remaining in medal competition. Animesh Kujur certified for the lads’s 200m semifinal after topping his warmth.
India additionally progressed in fencing, with the lads’s sabre and ladies’s foil groups successful their round-of-16 matches earlier than struggling quarterfinal defeats. In canoe dash, Parvathy Geetha and Prasanna Kumar reached Final A in combined kayak double 500m, whereas Harshwardhan Shaktawat superior to Final B.
Table tennis gamers Yashaswini Ghorpade and Manush Shah exited within the singles rounds, whereas esports participant Paritosh misplaced within the Puyo Puyo Champions quarterfinal. India’s combined canoe double crew of Raju Rawat and Neha Devi Leichonbam completed eighth within the remaining. (ANI)