World Squash Championships: Indians exit in second round

A file photo of India’s Anahat Singh in action during a match.
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All the four remaining Indians — Veer Chotrani, Abhay Singh, Ramit Tandon — bowed out in the prestigious World Squash Championships held in Chicago on Sunday (May 11, 2025) in the second round.

The lone Indian in the women’s singles, Anahat Singh lost 1-3 to Fayrouz Aboelkheir of Egypt.

Anahat was able to level the scores at the end of the second game but eventually lost the match 7-11, 11-8, 4-11, 3-11 in the second round match that lasted 28 minutes Sunday night.

The 17-year-old Anahat, ranked 62nd in the world, had earlier beaten world No. 28 American Marina Stefanoni in the opening round.

In the men’s singles, Abhay Singh, Veer Chotrani and Ramit Tandon also lost their second round matches to bow out of the tournament.

Singh was no match to world No. 13 Youssef Ibrahim of Egypt, losing 0-3 (6-11, 6-11, 9-11), while Chotrani was beaten 1-3 (11-7, 7-11, 3-11, 10-12) by top seed Ali Farag, also of Egypt.

Tandon’s match was the closest as he went down fighting 2-3 (9-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-8, 8-11) to eighth seed Marwan Elshorbagy of England.

The results (second round):

Men: Ali Farag (Egy) bt Veer Chotrani 7-11, 11-7, 11-3, 12-10; Marwan ElShorbagy (Eng) bt Ramit Tandon 11-9, 11-7, 5-11, 8-11, 11-8; Youssef Ibrahim (Egy) bt Abhay Singh 11-6, 11-6, 11-9.

Women: Fayrouz Aboelkheir (Egy) bt Anahat Singh 11-7, 8-11, 11-4, 11-3.

(With inputs from PTI)