Asian Games 2026: Anahat Singh settles for silver, loses squash singles last

Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], September 27 (ANI): India’s rising squash star Anahat Singh secured a silver medal for the nation in squash ladies’s singles competitors, dropping the gold medal conflict on the ongoing Asian Games 2026 in Japan on Sunday. 

Anahat misplaced to Malaysia’s Sivasangari Subramaniam 3-0, as per ESPN. 

The match lasted simply 27 minutes, with Anahat dropping the primary two video games 4-11, 4-11. Later, the ultimate sport was barely extra aggressive, however Anahat nonetheless misplaced 7-11. 

This is India’s thirty second medal on the ongoing Asian Games, having received 4 gold medals, 14 silver and bronze medals every. 

India’s watch for a person squash gold medal on the Asian Games continued as Abhay Singh misplaced 9/11, 5-11, 5-11 to Malaysia’s Ng Eain Yow within the males’s singles last on Sunday.

Abhay, ranked twenty sixth on the planet, was unable to match the Malaysian world No. 17’s consistency within the gold-medal conflict as Eain Yow accomplished a straight-game victory to defend his Asian Games title, in line with ESPN.

The consequence earned Abhay a silver medal but additionally meant he missed out on the Olympic qualification spot that was reserved for the boys’s singles gold medallist, with squash set to make its Olympic debut on the Los Angeles 2028 Games.

Abhay started the third sport positively however couldn’t preserve his momentum as Eain Yow progressively took management to shut out the competition.

The silver was India’s thirty first medal on the ongoing Asian Games, taking the nation’s tally to 4 gold, 13 silver and 14 bronze medals.

The 28-year-old Abhay had reached the ultimate after defeating Pakistan’s Muhammad Irfan 11-3, 12-10, 11-6 within the semifinals. He turned solely the second Indian man after Saurav Ghosal to succeed in an Asian Games singles last.

An Arjuna Award recipient in 2024, Abhay reached a career-high PSA rating of No. 22 in April 2026 and is presently ranked No. 26.

He has additionally loved a productive 2026 season, successful the Indian Open in Mumbai and his third Tuanku Muhriz Trophy title in Malaysia. He was a part of India’s gold-winning crew on the 2025 SDAT Squash World Cup in Chennai. (ANI)