Chicago, USA The World Squash Championships 2024–2025, which will take place in Chicago, Illinois, starting Friday, will feature Anahat Singh of India.

According to Olympics.com, the 2025 World Squash Championships will take place from May 9–17.

Even though he is just 17, Anahat is quickly rising to the top of India’s squash betting rankings. Since winning two bronze medals in the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, two years ago, the teenage athlete has been in outstanding form.

Anahat Singh successfully defended her senior and junior national championships last year, and she won an incredible nine PSA Challenger medals, more than any other woman.

Before winning the Indian Open championship in Mumbai in 2025, the young prodigy won the Indian Tour event in Chennai. At this year’s Asian Junior Squash Team Championships in Hong Kong, China, she also assisted India in taking home a bronze medal.

Thanks to her string of victories, Anahat is now rated 62nd in the world, making her the top female player in India.

The Indian squash player, who won the Asian Qualifiers in Malaysia last month to earn a spot at her debut solo World Championships, will play the USA’s Marina Stefanoni, ranked 28th in the world.

The teenage player might face world No. 1 and defending champion Nouran Gohar of Egypt in the third round with a few victories.

In the men’s division, India will provide a four-front challenge with Abhay Singh, Veer Chotrani, Ramit Tandon, and Velavan Senthilkumar all wearing the tricolor, while Anahat will be the lone Indian in the women’s draw in Chicago.

Indian team competing in the 2025 World Squash Team Championships

Men: Velavan Senthilkumar, Veer Chotrani, Abhay Singh, and Ramit Tandon

Women: Singh Anahat

While the other three gained direct admission, Veer Chotrani, like Anahat, qualified for the Chicago World Championships by winning the Asian Qualifiers.

In the first round, 30th-seeded Ramit Tandon will take on Ryunosuke Tsukue of Japan, while Chotrani will begin his first global championships campaign against 23rd-seeded Declan James of England.

Abhay Singh, who won the mixed doubles bronze in Hangzhou with Anahat, will play Switzerland’s Nicolas Mueller in the first round of his tournament in Chicago.

The most difficult opponent of all is Velavan Senthilkumar, who faces Peru’s current world champion Diego Elias.

Indian men’s singles player Ramit Tandon is rated 34th in the world, ahead of Abhay (38), Senthilkumar (45), and Chotrani (57).

To date, India has never taken home a medal in the singles division at the World Squash Championships.

In 2028, squash is scheduled to make its Olympic debut in Los Angeles.