Anahat Singh, Abhay Singh to lead India at Asian Squash Doubles Championship 2025

ANI June 22, 2025 503 views

India's squash stars Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh will spearhead the national challenge at the Asian Squash Doubles Championship in Malaysia. The duo enters as top seeds in mixed doubles after winning bronze at the 2023 Asian Games. Veteran Joshna Chinappa partners both players across different events while defending her 2024 mixed doubles title with Abhay. The tournament features six Indian pairs competing across men's, women's and mixed categories from June 25.

"Anahat and Abhay are our strongest medal hopes after their Asian Games bronze" - Squash Federation of India
New Delhi, June 22: Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh will lead the Indian challenge at the Asian Squash Doubles Championship 2025, which will take place at the Arena Emas in Johor, Malaysia on Monday, according to Olympics.com.

Key Points

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Anahat Singh fresh off PSA Challenger Player award

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Abhay Singh defends mixed doubles title with Velavan Senthilkumar

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Joshna Chinappa partners both Singhs across events

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India enters six pairs across all three doubles categories

Six pairs will represent India in the men's, women's, and mixed doubles draws.

The duo of Abhay Singh and Anahat Singh are India's leading single squash players and are the top seeds in the mixed doubles. The duo clinched the bronze medal at the Asian Games in 2023.

In the inaugural Asian Squash Doubles Championship, Abhay Singh partnered with seasoned Joshna Chinappa to win the mixed doubles championship the previous year. Velavan Senthilkumar and Joshana Chinappa are ranked third in the second iteration of their partnership.

Anahat Singh, who just won the PSA Awards' Women's Challenger Player of the Season, will partner with Joshna Chinappa in the women's doubles. They are also planted third.

Top seeds Abhay Singh and Velavan Senthilkumar will be in action simultaneously as they seek to retain their men's doubles championship, which they won together last year.

As per the tournament format, pool matches, to be played on the first two days, will be followed by knockout stage action in the men's, women's, and mixed doubles draws.

The top two pairs from each pool will qualify for the knockout stage, which will begin on June 25. All three finals are scheduled for the following day.

Asian Squash Doubles Championship 2025: Indian squad

Men's doubles: Abhay Singh-Velavan Senthil Kumar, Joshana Chinappa-Velavan Senthil Kumar

Women's doubles: Anahat Singh-Joshna Chinappa, Pooja Arthi Raghu-Rathika Seelan

Mixed doubles: Abhay Singh-Velavan Senthil Kumar, Ravi Dixit-Guhan Senthil Kumar.

Reader Comments

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Rahul K.
So proud of our squash players! Anahat and Abhay have been consistently performing well. That Asian Games bronze was just the beginning 🇮🇳 Hope they bring home gold this time! #Cheer4India
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Priya M.
Joshna Chinappa is such an inspiration! At her age, still partnering with young players and winning championships. Wishing all teams the very best. Malaysia's courts can be tricky, hope our players adapt quickly.
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Amit S.
Why isn't there more media coverage for squash in India? These players are world-class but get less attention than cricket. We should support all sports equally. Good luck team India!
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Sunita R.
Anahat winning the PSA award and now leading the team - what a journey! Our women players are making India proud in global sports. Hope DD Sports or Sony shows the matches live.
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Vikram J.
The Senthilkumar-Chinappa partnership is interesting. Hope they coordinate well despite the age difference. Malaysia will be tough competition, but our players have the skills to win!
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Neha P.
Mixed doubles is our strongest category I feel. Abhay-Anahat combo is deadly! But wish we had more depth in women's doubles. Need to develop more young female players.

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