Indian men’s and women’s teams eased into the semifinals of the Asian Games with convincing wins over Kuwait and Singapore respectively, assuring themselves of a medal here on Wednesday (September 30, 2026).

The Indian men, top seed and defending champions, collected a 2-0 win over Kuwait in the quarterfinals.

Among the two singles, Veer Chotrani had to dig deep against Bader Almogghrebi before prevailing 12-10, 8-11, 11-0, 11-5 in a 34-minute contest.

Abhay Singh, India’s highest ranked player and silver medallist in the singles competition, sealed the tie 11-3, 11-4, 11-8 win over Ammar Altamimi.

After the match, Chotrani said he did not play up to his potential against Kuwait.

“I didn’t have the best day, I didn’t play my best squash at all. Tomorrow is a new day, and I will hopefully be better tomorrow (for the semifinal),” he said.

““Of course, Abhay was really strong (today). Tomorrow we have to play as a team, support each other. It’s not going to be easy. Most likely we will draw to play Malaysia, so it’s going to be tough in all three matches. We will just give it our best.”

In the women’s singles, the Anahat Singh-led team tamed Singapore 2-0 in its quarterfinal.

Starting the proceedings, Tanvi Khanna produced a gritty show, eking out a 11-6 4-11 15-13 11-1 win over Au Yeong Wai Iynn in a thrilling 32-minute opening singles match.

In the second singles, 18-year-old Anahat, who bagged a silver in the individual event, then thrashed Au Yeong Wai Yhann 11-7 11-3 11-4 in just 22 minutes to complete the victory.

Veteran Joshna Chinappa, who also won a bronze in the mixed doubles event, didn’t need to take the court.

The women’s team will face Hong Kong in the semifinals scheduled for Thursday while the men will meet Malaysia.

India had blanked Iran 3-0 in its last group-stage match on Tuesday after defeating both China and Japan in their first two matches of Pool C.