In the women’s doubles final, second seeds Joshana Chinappa and Anahat Singh also rallied from a set down to win 2-1 (8-11, 11-9, 11-10) against Malaysia’s Ainaa Amani and Xin Ying Yee in a 35-minute final.
Abhay Singh (left) and Anahat Singh won the mixed doubles
In a remarkable achievement, India swept all three titles — men’s, women’s and mixed events — in the second Asian Squash Doubles Championships after beating their respective rivals in the finals here on Thursday.
The top-seeded men’s pair of Abhay Singh and Velavan Senthilkumar lost the first set, but staged a stirring comeback to beat their Pakistani opponents Noor Zaman and Nasir Iqbal 2-1 (9-11, 11-5, 11-5) in the summit clash that lasted 88 minutes.
In the women’s doubles final, second seeds Joshana Chinappa and Anahat Singh also rallied from a set down to win 2-1 (8-11, 11-9, 11-10) against Malaysia’s Ainaa Amani and Xin Ying Yee in a 35-minute final.
The top-seeded mixed doubles pair of Abhay and Anahat made it a clean sweep of titles for India as they beat Malaysia’s Rachel Arnold and Ameeshenraj Chandaran 2-0 (11-9, 11-7) in the 28-minute summit showdown.
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