{"id":60355,"date":"2026-10-23T04:28:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T04:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/23\/anahat-singh-enters-maiden-psa-gold-level-semis-at-silicon-valley-squash\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T04:28:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T04:28:54","slug":"anahat-singh-enters-maiden-psa-gold-level-semis-at-silicon-valley-squash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/23\/anahat-singh-enters-maiden-psa-gold-level-semis-at-silicon-valley-squash\/","title":{"rendered":"Anahat Singh enters maiden PSA Gold-level semis at Silicon Valley squash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"picture verticle\"><picture><!--[if IE 9]><video style=\"display: none;\"><![endif]--><source media=\"(min-width: 1600px)\" sizes=\"960px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/850b31\/article71614536.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_1200\/PTI09_25_2026_000105A.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1599px)\" sizes=\"640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/850b31\/article71614536.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_1200\/PTI09_25_2026_000105A.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 767px)\" sizes=\"400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/850b31\/article71614536.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_660\/PTI09_25_2026_000105A.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" sizes=\"320px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/850b31\/article71614536.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_320\/PTI09_25_2026_000105A.jpg\"\/><!--[if IE 9]><\/video><![endif]--><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/theme\/images\/th-online\/1x1_spacer.png\" alt=\"File photo of Anahat Singh.\" title=\"File photo of Anahat Singh.\" data-original=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/theme\/images\/th-online\/1x1_spacer.png\" class=\"lead-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p class=\"caption\">\n                    File photo of Anahat Singh.<br \/>\n                                          | Photo Credit: PTI\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content-body-71614522\">\n<div class=\"schemaDiv\" id=\"schemaDiv\">\n<p>Indian squash player Anahat Singh entered her maiden PSA Gold-level semifinal at the Silicon Valley Open in Redwood City, USA with a thrilling five-game win over Egyptian sixth seed Salma Hany.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sport\/anahat-stuns-eight-time-world-champion-el-sherbini-at-silicon-valley-open\/article71612446.ece\" target=\"_self\">A day after taking out Egyptian world No.3 and eight-time world champion Nour ElSherbini<\/a> in straight games, the 18-year-old world No.15 Anahat beat world No.14 Hany 4-11, 11-8, 4-11, 11-2, 11-5 in 42 minutes in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve never played her before, and I didn&#8217;t know what to expect coming on to the court. I have watched her play so many times, and she is so experienced on the PSA Tour,&#8221; Anahat said of Hany after fighting back to win from 2-1 down.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline_embed article-block-item\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Indian squash sensation @Anahat_Singh13 shares her reaction after becoming the first Indian woman since 2019 to reach a PSA Gold event Semi Finals! <\/p>\n<p>LET&#8217;S GOOOOO ANAHAT!!!! \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25 https:\/\/t.co\/BR1yd4S3SQ<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Khel India (@TheKhelIndia) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheKhelIndia\/status\/2113477390668275920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Especially after winning yesterday (against ElSherbini), I know that If I&#8217;m playing well I had a chance against whoever I played. I wanted to come in with that mindset,&#8221; added the reigning world junior champion.<\/p>\n<p>Anahat next plays Malaysian world No.4 and reigning Asian Games champion Sivasangari Subramaniam.<\/p>\n<p>Anahat revealed that she was a bit tired coming into the last-four stage match.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;because of the emotions after winning yesterday. I just didn&#8217;t want to let go of the momentum today, I wanted to give it my all and I&#8217;m happy to get one step further in the tournament,&#8221; added the Delhi player, who won singles silver at the recent Asian Games.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"update-publish-time article-published-time-end\">\n<p class=\"publish-time-new\"> Published <span>&#8211; October 23, 2026 09:53 am IST<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sport\/anahat-singh-enters-maiden-psa-gold-level-semis-at-silicon-valley-squash\/article71614522.ece\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File photo of Anahat Singh. | Photo Credit: PTI Indian squash player Anahat Singh entered her maiden PSA Gold-level semifinal at the Silicon Valley Open in Redwood City, USA with a thrilling five-game win over Egyptian sixth seed Salma Hany. A day after taking out Egyptian world No.3 and eight-time world champion Nour ElSherbini in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}