PSA world No. 17
Anahat Singh
First Indian junior world champion. In Nagoya she became the first Indian woman to win Asian Games singles silver. In California she beat Nour El Sherbini, then Salma Hany, to reach her first PSA Gold semi-final.
- Born
- 13 Mar 2008
- From
- New Delhi
- Hand
- Right
- Racket
- Dunlop
Los Angeles
Cheer her on.
A line for Los Angeles. From a player, or from the stand.
26
For Los Angeles
The player
Miss Giggles.
She still gets the nickname: loose in the warm-up, sharp once the rally starts. In 2024 she won nine PSA titles in one calendar year, 38 wins from 40 matches. No woman had done that since Nicol David in 2010.
How it started
Badminton first, because of P. V. Sindhu. She was five. Her sister already played squash, so Anahat followed her onto the court, won a few events, and stayed.
The bench
Stéphane Galifi and Grégory Gaultier run the daily work. Saurav Ghosal is the mentor off the court. She has said the three of them believe she can win even when she does not.
In her words
From K. Keerthivasan, The Hindu, 25 March 2026. The rest of the interview is on their site.
“I’m trying to win every tournament that I play and learn as much as I can.”
“If I’m playing a good game, and if I believe I can win the tournament, it’s definitely possible.”
“The next step would be to get into the world’s top 10.”
Off the court
School and squash leave little spare time. When there is some, she paints. The most recent canvas, she told The Hindu, was about identity: squash, mixed with pictures of Delhi.
Biography
The short version.
Born 13 March 2008 in New Delhi. World junior champion. PSA world No. 17. Copy it if you need the short version.