Indian squash star Anahat Singh and compatriot Abhay Singh ended with a silver medal each at the Asian Games after coming up short against their respective Malaysian opponents in the finals here on Sunday.
Abhay could not match the class and consistency of Eain Yow Ng in the men’s singles final, losing in straight games 9-11, 5-11, 5-11.
Same was the case for 18-year-old Anahat, who was beaten fair and square by Sivasangari Subramaniam of Malaysia in the women’s singles final. The 17th ranked India lost 4-11, 4-11, 7-11 to the world number five.
Both Yow and Sivasangari became the first two squash athletes to qualify for the sport’s Olympic debut in Los Angeles in 2028 besides defending their Asian Games gold medal.
Anahat, the first Indian to win the world junior title, was unable to mount a comeback like she did against world number six Satomi Watanabe of Japan on Saturday.
Having closely watched the Anahat-Satomi semifinal, Sivasangari came up with a clear plan and executed it
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