Archive · 4 Oct 2026
Anahat Singh Reflects on Asian Games Silver, Targets 2028 Olympics
Anahat Singh is an Indian squash player who won a silver medal at the 2026 Asian Games.
She was the first Indian woman to reach the Games’ individual squash final.
She lost the final to Malaysia’s Sivasangari Subramaniam, but said she was proud of her performance.
Winning gold would have given her direct qualification for the 2028 Olympics.
Now, she plans to play more tournaments and improve her ranking to try to qualify.
She also played for India’s women’s team, which won bronze.
The long competition, with individual and team matches over two weeks, was tiring.
India’s squash players won five medals in all.
Anahat Singh won women’s singles silver at the 2026 Asian Games, becoming the first Indian woman to reach the individual final.
She lost the final 0-3 to Malaysia’s Sivasangari Subramaniam; a gold-medal win would have brought direct Olympic qualification.
Singh plans to play tournaments over the next 18 months and improve her PSA ranking to pursue a place at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
She said the two-week campaign across individual and team events was physically and mentally demanding.
India’s squash team won five medals overall: two individual silvers and three team bronzes.
- Who
- Indian squash player Anahat Singh, along with the Indian squash team.
- What
- Singh won women’s singles silver and reflected on her performance and plans to pursue Olympic qualification.
- When
- At the 2026 Asian Games; Singh said she plans to work on her ranking over the next 18 months.
- Where
- The Asian Games were held in Aichi-Nagoya; Singh is aiming for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
- Why
- A singles gold would have secured direct Olympic qualification, so Singh plans to pursue qualification through the PSA rankings.
Pride and progress
Disappointment and missed opportunities
Anahat Singh’s singles result
Pride and progress
Singh said she was proud of her performance, valued the experience against top players, and saw lessons to take forward.
Disappointment and missed opportunities
She said she was disappointed to lose the final after coming close to gold.
Indian team events
Pride and progress
Tanvi Khanna said the women’s team performed well and showed it could compete near the top.
Disappointment and missed opportunities
Coach Surbhi Misra said the team event could have gone better and that they were only a few points away from winning.
- Anahat Singh’s result
- Women’s singles silver; first Indian woman to reach the Asian Games individual squash final.
- Final
- Singh lost 0-3 to Malaysia’s Sivasangari Subramaniam.
- Indian squash medal tally
- Five medals: two silver and three bronze.
- Team results
- India won bronze in both the women’s and men’s team events.
- Abhay Singh
- Won men’s singles silver and men’s team bronze.
- Olympic goal
- Singh is aiming to qualify for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics by improving her PSA ranking.
- Ranking plan
- Singh said she would play as many tournaments as possible over the next 18 months.
