Anahat Singh’s World Squash Junior C’ships triumph
In Anahat Singh’s mind, the World Squash Junior Championships was always a curse; a tournament she could never win. She had been here thrice before, exiting in the quarter-finals in her first two attempts before losing a semi-final and settling for a bronze on her third try. So, as she headed into the 2026 World Squash Junior Championships in Ontario, Canada for the fourth time, she knew she had to make it count. Now, 18, and already an established name in the senior PSA circuit, this was her last chance to have a junior world title in her bag. For, she would be ineligible to compete by the time the next edition of the tournament comes around. Anahat played like it. Last week, she wrote a new chapter in Indian squash history, becoming the first player from the country to win the World Squash Junior Championships. She surpassed Joshna Chinappa’s runner-up finish from over two decades ago in 2005. As she registered a clinical 11-3, 11-7, 11-9 win in the final against Egypt’s Ruqayya Salem, …









