Who is Anahat Singh? Ended Egypt’s 15-year dominance in squash, created history by winning the World Junior Squash Championship title

Anahat Singh: India’s best player has now become the best in the world. Anahat Singh has created history in Canada. For your information, let us tell you that she has become the first athlete in the country to win the World Junior Squash Championship title. In the Girls Singles final on Saturday, this young player achieved a spectacular victory by defeating Egypt’s Ruqaiya Salem 3-0 (11-3, 11-7, 11-9).

With this, Anahat ended India’s long wait for the Junior World Championship title and performed better than Joshna Chinappa’s record of finishing runner-up in 2005.

Who is Anahat Singh?

Born in 2008, Anahat comes from a family where sports is in her blood. His father Gursharan Singh and mother Tani Wadhera played field hockey, while his uncle played tennis. Information is coming out that Anahat first started playing badminton because she was inspired by PV Sindhu’s brilliant performance on the court. However, squash was the game in which he really found his identity.

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Made my mark at the youngest age

It is being told that initially Anahat started playing squash just like that, but after a few tournaments, he started liking this game very much and decided to become a professional. At the age of just 14, Anahat Singh made her mark on the global stage by becoming the youngest athlete to represent India in the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Maintained dominance in the game

This special moment was another achievement in the wonderful journey of this young talented player, who was already dominating the international junior squash circuit. His big success came in 2019 when he won the British Junior Open Under-11 title, and also won the European, Dutch and Scottish Junior Open titles. She continued her brilliant performance in 2021 and won the US Junior Open title by defeating Zaida Marei of Egypt in the final. By 2022, Anahat had added the Asian Junior Championship Under-15 trophy as well as German and Dutch Junior Open titles to her rapidly growing list of achievements.

Egypt’s 15 years of dominance will end in 2026

In 2025, Anahat was selected as ‘Young Player of the Year’ and ‘Challenger Player of the Year’ at the PSA Awards. After this he won a gold medal in the World Cup, two gold medals in the Asian Championship and a bronze medal in the World Junior Championship. The breakthrough moment came in 2026, when she ended Egypt’s 15-year dominance in the girls’ singles category.

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