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. | 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.