Anahat Singh beats sixth-seed Salma Hany in a thrilling match to reach Silicon Valley Open semifinals
India, Oct. 23 -- Teenage squash star Anahat Singh continues her great run in the Silicon Valley Open in Redwood City (USA) on Friday. After upsetting world number three Egyptian Nour El Sherbini on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals, the 18-year-old Indian dispatched another Egyptian and sixth-seed Salma Hany in a thrilling match to reach the last-4.
Anahat lost the first game in quick time 11-4, but after that, she made a superb comeback and won the next game, 11-8. Hany responded with another quick 11-4 win. Under pressure, Anahat upped her game big time and thrashed her opponent, ranked 14th in the world, in the next two games 11-2, 11-5 and took the contest 3-2.
Anahat will now play Malaysia's Sivasangari Subramaniam in the semis....
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