Anahat Singh beats eight-time world champion Nour El Sherbini

India’s Anahat Singh beat Egypt’s Nour El Sherbini at the Silicon Valley Open squash tournament in Redwood City, California.

The 18-year-old won 11-8, 11-8, 11-7 in 30 minutes, reaching the women’s quarterfinals without dropping a game.

El Sherbini is an eight-time world champion, the tournament’s top seed and the world No.

3.

Singh is ranked world No.

15 and recently won singles silver at the Asian Games.

She said El Sherbini was a player she had admired since childhood, making the victory a personal milestone as well as the biggest win of her career.

The result adds to Singh’s rapid rise in squash, which is set to make its Olympic debut at Los Angeles 2028.

Singh’s next opponent is Egypt’s Salma Hany, ranked world No.

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