Top seeds Velavan and Anahat move into quarters

Velavan Senthilkumar and Anahat Singh, the reigning men’s and women’s National champions, respectively, cruised into the quarterfinals of the HCL Squash Indian Tour 4 with clinical victories in Chennai at the India Squash Academy on Tuesday (December 2, 2025).

Velavan dismantled Sri Lanka’s Ravindu Laksiri 11-7, 11-8, 11-7, while Delhi teenager Anahat, ranked 29 in the world, eased past Tamara Holzbauerova (Czech Republic) 11-7, 11-7, 11-7 in the pre-quarterfinals.

Former women’s world No 10 Joshna Chinappa, women’s sixth seed Tanvi Khanna and men’s second seed Veer Chotrani were the other Indians who made it to the last-eight.