Anahat Singh stuns eight-time world champion Nour El Sherbini to enter Silicon Valley Open quarters
File photo: India's Anahat Singh will take on Egyptian Salma Hany in the quarterfinals of the Silicon Valley Open. | Photo Credit: REUTERS
File photo: India's Anahat Singh will take on Egyptian Salma Hany in the quarterfinals of the Silicon Valley Open. | Photo Credit: REUTERS
Indian squash player Anahat Singh stunned Egyptian eight-time world champion Nour El Sherbini in straight games to move into the quarterfinals of the Silicon Valley Open squash in Redwood City on Thursday
In what is the biggest win of her career, 18-year-old Anahat beat top seed and world No. 3 El Sherbini 11-8, 11-8, 11-7 in 30 minutes in the second round of the USD 143,500 PSA Gold event.
Women’s world No. 15 Anahat, who won singles silver at the recent Asian Games, will meet Egyptian world No. 14 Salma Hany next.
Earlier Anahat had opened her campaig with a straight-games win against Egypt’s Nour Aboulmakarim.
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