Top Seed Anahat Singh Headlines Women's Draw, Eyes Maiden World Junior Squash Crown After Last Year's Bronze

Ontario: Top Indian squash player Anahat Singh has been given top billing in the women’s section of the World Squash Junior Championships starting here on Monday.

Her compatriot Aryaveer Dewan is seeded 5/8 in the men's draw.

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World No. 20 Anahat will be looking to clinch her maiden world junior crown following her bronze-medal-winning semifinal finish last year.

Meanwhile, Aryaveer will aim to build on his growing reputation after becoming only the fourth Indian to win the boys’ U-19 crown in the Asian Junior Individual Squash Championships in May.

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Other Indians competing at the World Juniors which concludes on July 31 are: Yusha Nafees, Gurveer Singh and Purav Rambhia in men's category and Rudra Singh, Anika Dubey and Saanvi Kalanki in women's section. 

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