The Indian world No. 31 and seventh seed fought her way back into the contest, overturning a 6-5 deficit in both the third and fourth games, to edge out the Egyptian world No. 17 8-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-7 in the PSA Bronze-level event.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Anahat, 17, has already made a name for herself on the PSA Tour this season, most notably reaching the semi-finals of the Silver-level Canadian Women\u2019s Open in October, climbing up inside the world\u2019s top 30 soon afterwards.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
She is now one win away from her biggest career final, but she had to do things the hard way on quarter-finals day in Washington D.C., falling two games behind to Ibrahim in the day\u2019s penultimate match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
But with a full crowd watching on \u2013 a crowd which included her coach Greg Gaultier and plenty of vocal support for her \u2013 Singh clawed her way back into the contest, overturning a 6-5 deficit in both the third and fourth games.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Key to her turnaround was undoubtedly her composure at crucial moments, an impressive trait for a player so young, and she continued to play with her fluid, attacking style throughout.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
At 6-7 down in the fifth, she had little room for error, but errors were not on her radar, reeling off the next five points on the bounce to close out the comeback win, turning to the crowd and letting out a huge roar of emotion.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Key to her turnaround was undoubtedly her composure at crucial moments, an impressive trait for a player so young, and she continued to play with her fluid, attacking style throughout.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Meanwhile, Veer Chotrani lost 8-11, 11-6, 14-12, 11-9 to the sixth seed from England Declan James in the men\u2019s quarterfinal.<\/p>\r\n\r\n