Asian Games: Top 5 Higher-Ranked Players Anahat Singh Has Beaten In Her Fearless Rise

Anahat Singh's rise has stopped looking like a 'future star' brochure and started looking like a proper senior-tour warning label. By September 2026, the Delhi teenager was already a World Junior champion, ranked inside the world's top 20, and carrying a neat little habit that every elite player respects: she keeps beating women she is supposed to learn from before losing to them.

Forbes India quoted Singh saying, "It's easier for me to play higher-ranked players at the senior level since I have nothing to lose and no one expects me to win."

Anahat Singh's Top 5 Wins

The Top-10 Wins That Changed Anahat Singh's Ceiling

1. Tinne Gilis, World No. 7

This remains the loudest result on Singh's senior CV. At the Canadian Women's Open 2025, the then 17-year-old Singh, ranked world No. 43, defeated defending champion Tinne Gilis 12-10, 11-9, 11-9 in 36 minutes. The win took her into the semifinals of a PSA Silver event and was widely called the biggest win of her career at that point.
The best part was not only the scoreline. It was the lack of apology in it. Beating a top-10 player in five games is one thing; taking out a defending champion in straight games is a different kind of cheek.

2. Georgina Kennedy, World No. 10

If the Gilis upset announced Singh, the Georgina Kennedy win gave her a trophy to hold. At the Squash On Fire Open 2026 in Washington, Singh beat England's world No. 10 Kennedy 12-10, 11-5, 11-7 in the final to claim her maiden PSA Bronze-level title. She was world No. 31 and seeded seventh at the event.

That week also pushed her into rare company. Reports noted that the title made her the youngest Asian player to enter the world's top 20, which matters because rankings in squash do not hand out sympathy points for teenage promise.

3. Nele Gilis, World No. 11

Singh's London Squash Classic 2026 win over Nele Gilis deserves a high place because it came on a Gold-level stage. Singh, ranked world No. 20, beat Belgium's world No. 11 Gilis 13-11, 4-11, 11-8 in 39 minutes to reach the quarterfinals and became the first Indian woman since 2021 to make the last eight of a PSA Gold event.

Her post-match quote had the right mix of respect and steel. "She's a great player," Singh said, while adding that an earlier World Teams meeting helped her understand the PSA circuit better.

4. Farida Mohamed, World No. 16

At the Qatar Classic 2026, Singh beat Egypt's world No. 16 Farida Mohamed 13-11, 3-11, 11-7, 11-7 in the opening round of the USD 242,000 PSA Platinum event. Singh was ranked world No. 20 then, which made it a smaller ranking gap than the Canadian shocker, but the stage was bigger and nastier.

That win was useful because it proved her senior progress was not confined to one lucky tournament pocket. She could now walk into Platinum-level traffic and still throw elbows.

5. Sana Ibrahim, World No. 17

The Sana Ibrahim win at the Squash On Fire Open 2026 may be the most revealing of the lot. Singh, then world No. 31, was two games down against Egypt's world No. 17 before turning the quarterfinal around 8-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-7.

That comeback matters because giant-killing is often painted as free hitting. This was not free hitting. This was problem-solving under scoreboard pressure, with the match already sliding away.

Singh's biggest wins show a player growing teeth in public. The Gilis sisters gave her top-end credibility, Kennedy gave her a title, Farida gave her Platinum-level validation, and Ibrahim gave her a proper escape act. Saurav Ghosal has said she has the capability to beat top-10 players, while warning that she needs to handle higher pace better.

That sounds about right. The scary bit for the tour is that Singh is already collecting these wins before her game looks fully cooked.