British Junior Open 2024: Anahat Singh loses to Elhammamy in final, settles with silver; Aryaveer Dewan bags bronze

Top-seeded India’s Anahat Singh lost to Egypt’s Nadien Elhammamy and won silver medal in the Girl’s U17 singles title of the British Junior Open on Sunday.

Published : Jan 07, 2024 21:00 IST , CHENNAI - 1 MIN READ

Egypt’s Nadien Elhammamy and Anahat Singh in action during the British Junior Open U17 Girls singles final.
Egypt’s Nadien Elhammamy and Anahat Singh in action during the British Junior Open U17 Girls singles final. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
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Egypt’s Nadien Elhammamy and Anahat Singh in action during the British Junior Open U17 Girls singles final. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Top-seeded India’s Anahat Singh lost to Egypt’s Nadien Elhammamy and won silver medal in the Girl’s U17 singles title of the British Junior Open on Sunday.

In a marathon 1 hour eight minutes match, Elhammamy beat Anahat 3-2 (7-11, 13-11, 12-10, 5-11, 11-9) after losing the first game.

Earlier, Anahat went past Egypt’s Barb Sameh after beating her 3-0 (11-7, 11-9, 12-10) in the semifinals on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Aryaveer Dewan, who lost in the semifinals to Egypt’s Philopater Saleh, won the bronze medal in the Boys U 15 category after defeating another Egypt player, Farouk Mohamed, 3-0 in the bronze medal match.

The US Junior Open Champion won with the scoreline of 11-7, 12-10, 11-6.

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