Veer, Anahat into semis of World Squash C’ship

Anahat Singh

Indian squash players Veer Chotrani and Anahat Singh advanced to the semi-finals of the World Championship Qualifying Event (Asia) after registering contrasting wins here on Friday.

Chotrani logged a come-from-behind win over home favourite Mohammad Syafiq Kamal in the men's event. The second seeded Indian prevailed 9-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-7 over his sixth-seeded opponent to make the last-four stage.

The 17-year-old Anahat, seeded fifth, produced a dominant display, defeating Japan's Akari Midorikawa 11-1 11-7 11-5 in the women's quarter-finals.

She will take on eighth-seeded Helen Tang of Hong Kong in the semi-final on Saturday.

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