ASIAN GAMES 2026 | Willstrop punts on Anahat becoming unplayable as she matures physically and tactically

Former World No. 1 James Willstrop, who’s part of the coaching staff for the Asian Games-bound Indian squash contingent, believes Anahat Singh’s instinctive attacking game makes her a “very unusual player.”

“She’s got this instinct to go into the front of the court and to hit accurately short. I’ve very rarely seen it being done the way she’s doing it by someone as good as she is,” ,” he said at the Indian Squash Academy (ISA) on Thursday, ahead of the squash contingent’s departure for Japan on Friday.

“I mean, she’s a very unusual player. Unusual in that she attacks the front so clinically and more often than the other girls. So, the other girls are constantly on edge.”

Anahat, the reigning World junior champion, is still “very young” and “relatively inexperienced compared to her compatriots,” Willstrop said.