India’s Anahat Singh won the U19 girls’ title at the Asian Junior Squash Championships 2025, which concluded in Gimcheon, the Republic of Korea, on Saturday.
The 17-year-old Indian squash player, who won both the women’s and mixed doubles crowns at the senior Asian Championships last month, beat Hong Kong China’s Cheung Tsz Ching 3-0 (11-7, 11-2, 11-8) in the final at the Gimcheon Squash Stadium.
Anahat, who didn’t drop a single game throughout her campaign in Gumcheon, was the top seed while Cheung Tsz Ching was seeded second.
This was Anahat’s third consecutive title at the Asian Junior Squash Championships, having claimed the U15 girls’ crown in 2022 and the U17 title in 2023. She also won bronze at the U13 level back in 2019.
Meanwhile, India’s Aryaveer Dewan claimed the boys’ U17 Asian junior squash title after defeating Malaysian top seed Nickhileswar Moganasundharam 3-0 (11-5, 11-8, 11-3) in the age-group final.
Two more Indian players – Ayaan Dhanuka in boys’ U13 and Saanvi Kalanki in girls’ U15 – had to settle for silver medals after losing in their respective finals.
Saanvi lost 3-0 (11-4, 11-6, 12-10) to Malaysia’s Jinoreeka Ning in her age group final, while Ayaan lost 3-1 (11-5, 11-2, 11-13, 11-6) to top-seeded Pakistani player Muhammad Sohail Adnan in the title clash.
Amarya Bajaj (boys’ U13), Aryaman Singh (boys’ U15) and Anika Dubey (girls’ U17) also clinched bronze medals from the continental meet by making the semi-finals of their respective events.
Squash is all set to make its Olympic debut at LA 2028.
