India’s wonderkid Anahat Singh settled for a silver medal at the girls’ U-17 British Junior Open squash 2024 held at the University of Birmingham. The Asian Games medalist went down to Egyptian second seed Nadien Elhammamy 11-7, 11-13, 10-12, 11-5, 9-11, in a match that lasted 68 minutes.
Despite winning the first game 11-7, Anahat could not keep the pressure up, as Elhammamy fought back in the match in the next two games, 13-11 & 12-10. Thereafter, the Delhi girl took the fourth game at 11-5, but that was not enough on the day. In the end, she did play splendidly throughout the tournament, but could not replicate her efforts in the final.
.@Anahat_Singh13 brought the HEAT at the British Jr Open 2023 Final!
After a nail-biting finale, the #Squash champ ends the event as Girls U-17 Runner-Up as she lost the 3-2 to 's Nadien Elhammamy!
Great fight Anahat! Keep it up pic.twitter.com/cgerNmurPa
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) January 7, 2024
On the other hand, Aryaveer Dewan, the reigning US Junior Open boys’ under-15 champion, finished as the second runners-up, in the tournament, as he lost to Egyptian top seed Philopater Saleh 3-1 in the semifinals. Earlier, Aadya Budhia lost 2-3 to top-seeded American Vivienne Sze in the under-13 girls’ quarterfinals.
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