SQUASH
TORONTO, Oct 29: India’s 17-year-old rising star Anahat Singh stunned defending champion and second seed Tinne Gilis of Belgium to storm into the semifinals of Canadian Women’s Open squash tournament here.
Unseeded Anahat won 3-0 (12-10, 11-9, 11-9) against her world number 7 opponent in the quarterfinal match that lasted 36 minutes Tuesday night.
The Indian is currently ranked 43rd in the world.
This was Anahat’s biggest win in her career and first against a top-10 player.
She has been in tremendous form in the tournament, a PSA Tour silver level event, having also beaten world number 20 Melissa Alves of France in the pre-quarterfinals.
She now faces world number 10 and fourth seed Gina Kennedy of England in the semifinals. (IANS)
