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Asian Games: India’s Anahat Singh staged a stunning comeback against world No. 6 Satomi Watanabe of Japan to win 3-2 (9-11, 11-13, 12-10, 11-6, 11-3) and storm into the women’s singles squash final at the Asian Games, assuring herself a maiden medal in the event.

The 18-year-old Indian had to dig deep after losing the opening two games 9-11 and 11-13 but kept herself alive by saving game balls and winning the third 12-10 after fighting back from 8-10 down.

Anahat then came up with another sensational comeback in the fourth game. Down 8-6, she rattled off five straight points to win the game 11-6 and take it to a decider with the semi-final tied at 2-2.