Anahat Singh

Anahat Singh (born 13 March 2008) is an Indian squash player. At the age of 14, she was the youngest athlete to represent India at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. she is ranked No. 1 in Asia in the Girls U17 category.

Early life
She was born in Delhi on 13 March 2008 to her father Gursharan Singh, a lawyer, and her mother Tani Vadehra Singh, an interior designer. Both her parents use to play hockey. Initially, Singh had started playing badminton when she was six years old. She used to accompany her sister Amira, who played squash. Singh played in some squash tournaments where she performed well. Subsequently, she grew fond of the game and switched to squash at the age of eight.

Career
Singh rose to prominence after winning the Girls U11 title at the British Junior Open Squash in January 2019, followed by the Girls U13 title at the Dutch Junior Open Squash in July the same year. She was also a part of the 2021–22 PSA World Tour, by virtue of reaching quarterfinals of the HCL-SRFI Indian Tour held in Noida during 4-7 September 2021. In June 2022, she won the Girls U15 title of the Asian Junior Squash Individual Championships.

At the 2023 edition of the British Junior Open Squash, Anahat became the champion in Girls U15 category after beating Egypt's Sohaila Hazem in the final. In August 2023, she won the Girls U17 title of the Asian Junior Squash Individual Championships 2023 held in Dalian, China. This was followed by two bronze medals at the 2022 Asian Games in mixed doubles (with Abhay Singh) and women's team event. Further, Singh became the Senior National Champion at the 79th edition of the games in November 2023 after Tanvi Khanna had to retire in the finals due to an injury. She ended the year by winning the Girls U19 title at the 2023 Scottish Junior Open Squash in Edinburgh by defeating Robyn McAlpine in the finals.

In January 2024, Singh finished as a runner-up in Girls U17 category at the British Junior Open Squash after a loss to Nadien Elhammamy in the final. Later in the same month, she won her first PSA Tour title at the JSW Willingdon Little Masters & Senior Tournament by defeating Japan’s Erisa Sano Herring 11-4, 11-3 and 11-7 in the final. This was followed by another title win at the Hamdard Squashters Northern Slam tournament in April 2024 where Singh defeated Korea's Hwayeong Eum 3-0 (11-6, 11-4, 11-5) in the final. Her third successive title win on the tour came about in June 2024 at the HCL Squash Tour Chennai when she defeated fellow compatriot Rathika Seelan 3-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-3) in the final.