Who is 14-YO Delhi Girl Anahat Singh, the Youngest Indian at 2022 Commonwealth Games

This story was updated on 28 July 2022.

Anahat Singh from Delhi became the youngest member of the Indian contingent at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.

The 14-year-old squash player was recently selected for India’s nine-member squash squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. She will be playing alongside senior squash players like Dipika Pallikal, Joshna Chinappa, and Saurav Ghoshal at the Commonwealth games.

Being the youngest squash player at the event, Anahat will be playing against Jada Ross of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on the opening day of the competition on July 29.

Anahat became the first Indian to win the US Junior Open Squash Championship that took place at the Arlen Spectre Centre in Philadelphia on 22 December 2021.

She defeated Jayda Marei of Egypt 11-9, 11-5, 8-11, 11-5 in the girl’s Under-15 category to clinch the prestigious title. Earlier, she beat US junior national champion Dixon Hill 11-8, 11-9, 11-5 in the semifinals.

More than 850 top juniors from 41 nations competed in the global squash tournament.

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The teen prodigy—who has proved her talent not just in the US but also across Europe and Asia—has won two European superseries titles (the European Junior Squash Open and the DPD Dutch Junior Open in 2019). In December 2019, she won the Scottish Junior Open and the British Junior Open. She has also won a bronze at the Asian Juniors and silver in the Malaysian Junior Open in 2018.

Anahat maintained her position as Asia’s No. 1 player in the girl’s Under-11 category for two years before moving to the Under-13 category.

She is currently No. 1 in India, Asia and Europe in the girls’ Under-13 category and No. 4 in the Under-15 category.

She has won so far 40 national circuit titles including two-time national championships.

The teenager started her journey at the age of 6 by playing badminton and winning several tournaments in Delhi. Later, at the age of 8, she started playing squash and soon became No. 1 in the girls Under-11 category maintaining her ranking throughout.

A student of a British school in Chanakyapuri, Anahat has been mentored and trained by former national-level squash players Amjad Khan and Ashraf Hussein alongside her sister Amira Singh.

In an interview, Anahat said that her parents and her school teachers support her immensely and there isn’t much pressure when it comes to academics. “I aspire to become a World Champion in PSA and hopefully get a medal in the Olympics when squash gets an entry,” said Anahat in an interview with the online sports platform.

(Edited by Yoshita Rao)

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