Anahat Singh along with her coach Stephane Galifi on the HCL 79th National squash championships within the Indian Squash & Triathlon Academy (ISTA), Chennai on Tuesday, November 21, 2023.
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Anahat Singh’s coach Stephane Galifi on Tuesday mentioned he would “like for her to be in the top-40” within the PSA World rankings in “six to seven months.”
“Trying to get her ranking to top-40 or top-30 so that she can play big tournaments and compete with the best, that’s my goal,” he mentioned on the 79th National squash championships right here.
A former squash participant himself, the Italian mentioned “she can be the World champion,” and get into the top-10 within the World rankings in round “two years.”
“The first time I met her, I just knew. When you’ve played for as long as I have, you can see who’s gonna be good.
“The thing is that she’s 15 years old. So, she’s still limited. I would like her to be a little bit more active, take more volleys. She has to improve her fitness.”
He mentioned he’s been working on her motion and that she’s gotten a “little faster.” He added that her forecourt recreation has additionally improved.
On her excellent points, he mentioned: “I’ll say she has among the finest backhands I’ve ever seen in girls’s squash.
Anahat Singh along with her coach Stephane Galifi on the HCL 79th National squash championships within the Indian Squash & Triathlon Academy (ISTA), Chennai on Tuesday, November 21, 2023.
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S. Prasanna Venkatesan
“She has a quick eye. She thinks so fast. That’s a gift. She understands it so fast that she can quickly read the game of her opponent. She’s seeing, before you play, she knows what you gonna do. That’s why, she looks like a shrimp, but moves like a lion!”
Anahat has additionally been discovering her doubles recreation and lately clinched the blended doubles bronze with Abhay Singh within the Hangzhou Asian Games.
She mentioned: “I think it was one of my first major tournaments playing doubles, and it’s very different to how singles is. So, it does take a lot of time to adapt. I think he (Abhay) has just been really helpful in explaining the game to me and making me understand how to play.
“After the Asian Games, I think I’ve understood quite a lot of it.”
