Anahat became the first Indian woman to win Silver in singles squash of Asian Games

"VAN" (Om Prakash Monday - Aichi-Nagoya, Japan - 27.09.2026) :: In the women’s final, Anahat Singh was outplayed thoroughly in the opening two games. The Indian put up a sterner fight in game three but eventually went down after saving a match ball.

The 18-year-old Anahat had earlier rallied from two games down to stun Japan’s world No. 6 Satomi Watanabe 3-2 (9-11, 11-13, 12-10, 11-6, 11-3) in the women’s singles semi-finals on Saturday, securing her place in the gold medal match.

Despite the loss, Anahat became the first Indian woman to win a silver medal in singles squash at the Asian Games. Dipika Pallikal (Incheon 2014 and Jakarta 2018) and Joshna Chinappa (Jakarta 2018) had won bronze. Today was A silver day for India. India won silver Medal in Men's and Women's Single Final.

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