In Squash, reigning women’s national champion Anahat Singh made a winning start at the China Open in Shanghai yesterday, while compatriots Velavan Senthilkumar and Abhay Singh lost in the men’s opening round.
The 17-year-old Anahat, ranked 38 in the world, beat Egypt’s Menna Hamed 11-6, 11-8, 11-3 in the Round of 32 of the PSA Gold event, and will next meet Egyptian eighth seed and world No. 15 Sana Ibrahim.
Abhay lost to Baptiste Masotti, the French world No. 17, winning 11-8, 11-7, 11-4, while Senthilkumar went down to higher-ranked Egyptian Mohamed Abouelghar 8-11, 12-14, 6-11.
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