World Squash Junior Championships: Seven Indians progress to next level

By  News On Air   Jul 21, 2026

Seven Indian players have progressed to the next round at World Squash Junior Championships in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada. India kickstarted their campaign in the championships strongly with women’s top seed Anahat Singh, advancing to the next round after a straight-game 11-2, 11-1, 11-3 victory against Australia’s Lilly Wilson today.

Amid the excitement of the opening day, India’s Saanvi Kalanki was able to impress and book her place into the next round after enduring a five-game battle against the Netherlands’ seed, Elcke Mols, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-6.

Meanwhile, Anika Dubey registered a straight-game 11-7, 11-3, 11-5 victory over Anna Kuwahara of Japan and Rudra Singh received walkover by Khadija Abdulraheem of Nigeria.

In the men’s section, the trio of Aryaveer Dewan, Yusha Nafees and Gurveer Singh, who received the first-round bye, advanced to the men’s singles third round Aryaveer registered a 12-10, 11-6, 11-9 win over Levi Visser of Germany. Yusha secured a convincing 11-1, 11-1, 11-1 victory over Brazil’s Matheus Frabetti while, Gurveer beat Christian Dromgoole of Ireland 11-3, 8-11, 11-5, 11-6.