Cairo, Egypt – July 20, 2025 — Rising star Anahat Singh will lead a 12-member Indian squad at the World Junior Individual Squash Championships 2025, taking place from July 21–26 at the Black Ball Sporting Club in Cairo. The prestigious under-19 tournament will feature 234 top junior players from around the world and will be available for live streaming in India via Olympics.com.
🔹 India’s Medal Hopes: Spotlight on Anahat Singh
- Anahat Singh, the newly crowned U19 Asian girls’ champion, enters the tournament as the second seed, behind Egyptian world no. 5 Amina Orfi, who is chasing a historic fourth straight title.
- At just 17, Anahat is already ranked No. 54 in the senior PSA world rankings and has won multiple PSA Challenger titles.
- She also made her World Championships debut in Chicago earlier this year and claimed Asian senior titles in both women’s and mixed doubles.
🔹 Full Indian Squad — World Junior Squash Championships 2025
Women’s Team:
- Anahat Singh (Seeded 2)
- Anika Dubey (U17 Asian bronze medallist)
- Unnati Tripathi
- Rudra Singh
- Navya Sundararajan
- Aradhya Porwal
Men’s Team:
- Arihant KS (Seeded 17/32)
- Yusha Nafees (Seeded 17/32)
- Karan Yadav
- Shiven Agarwal
- Aryaveer Dewan (U17 Asian champion)
- Sandhesh PR
🔹 Men’s Draw: Eyes on Zakaria, India’s Rising Talent
- Defending champion and home favorite Mohamad Zakaria leads the men’s draw as the top seed.
- India’s Arihant KS and Yusha Nafees carry the seeded hopes, while Aryaveer Dewan, who clinched gold at the Asian U17 event in South Korea last month, adds firepower to the squad.
🔹 Historic Goal in Sight
India is still searching for its first-ever individual junior squash world champion. The closest the nation has come was in 2005 when Joshna Chinappa finished as runner-up.
🔹 Road to LA 2028
With squash set to debut at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, Cairo offers the perfect proving ground for India’s next generation of Olympic hopefuls.