Top Seeds Abhay Singh & Anahat Singh Secure Home Double at Indian Open

Indian No.1s Abhay Singh and Anahat Singh have been crowned 2026 JSW Indian Open champions, after beating Veer Chotrani and Hana Moataz respectively on finals day at the Cricket Club of India in Mumbai.

Finals day was bringing an end to a thrilling week of action on the spectacular glass court on the outfield of the cricket ground, with a strong crowd in attendance for two matches that featured a total of three Indian players.

The first of those two matches included 18-year-old Anahat Singh, who has taken the squash world by storm this season, climbing inside the world's top 20 with a string of sensational results.

The teenager came into this event as the No.1 seed and defending champion, but had second seed Hana Moataz standing between her and the trophy.

But with the home crowd behind her, Singh made a lightning-fast start, racing to a one-game lead in just five minutes, with her full array of attacking shots on display.

The second game followed a similar pattern, with Singh's free-flowing style dominating proceedings, and she soon had a two-game lead and victory within her sights, inside 15 minutes.

Moataz, though, responded well, moving into a 9-4 lead in game three to wrestle some momentum back in her favour, and while Singh threatened a comeback by closing the gap back to 10-9, Moataz held firm, crunching a backhand down the right-hand wall that a sprawling Singh could not return.

Key to much of Singh's early-career success, however, has been her remarkable poise and composure on court, and she showed more of the same here, particularly after losing the first three points of game four.

Sticking to her game plan, she continued to attack and use her well-disguised boast, quickly erasing the deficit and bringing up four championship balls at 10-6.

She only needed one of those, too, fittingly closing out victory with a nonchalant backhand boast winner, turning to the crowd and raising her arm aloft in celebration.

"I think I played really well in the first two games," she said after her win.

"I went a bit off track in the third - I think I got a bit too excited that I was winning - but I spoke to my coach when he came to my corner and he told me just to focus on getting a good start because it's a very important game.

"I think I stuck to the game plan really well and I'm glad I was able to get through it."

Not only did victory ensure Singh retained the title she won here in Mumbai last year, but it also secured her a 16th crown on the PSA Squash Tour, and her second in a World-level event following a triumph at the Squash of Fire Open earlier this year.

Her success also guaranteed an Indian double in this event, with the men's final that followed being an all-Indian encounter between Abhay Singh and Veer Chotrani.

Singh is the Indian No.1 but hometown favourite Chotrani - who is from Mumbai - had won the pair's only previous Tour meeting, and had plenty of support in the crowd.

Singh had a number of his own fans cheering him on, though, and took a tight opening game 11-9, with the players never have been separated by more than two points.

Chotrani made the better start to game two, moving 6-2 in front to put himself in a strong position to level the scores, but Singh's consistent hitting got him back into the contest.

Having levelled at 8-8, Singh reeled off three points on the bounce to move two games in front, and from there, barely took a step back.

He stormed into a 6-2 lead and was practically running to the service box between points, determined to keep the tempo high and the momentum on his side.

He would not have to wait long for victory, either, with a stroke decision in the front-left corner handing him victory on match ball at 10-4, bringing an end to a memorable week of squash in Mumbai.