"VAN" (Om Prakash Mundra - Aichi-Nagoya, Japan - 27.09.2026) :: Abhay Singh lost the final 3-0 (11-9, 11-5, 11-5) against another Malaysian Ng Eain Yow.
The Malaysian players were the defending Asian Games singles champions.
The loss in the finals also denied the Indian squash players an opportunity to secure early LA 2028 Olympic quotas.
The men’s and women’s singles champions at Aichi-Nagoya can earn LA 2028 Olympic quota places, subject to meeting the relevant qualification criteria, including being ranked inside the PSA world top 50 on May 22, 2028.
Abhay Singh, who had not dropped a single game en route to the title decider, went toe-to-toe against Ng Eain Yow in the opening game but lost. The 28-year-old fell off in the subsequent games to lose by three games.
Abhay had earlier defeated Arkaradet Arkarahirunya of Thailand and Ravindu Laksiri of Sri Lanka in the round of 32 and 16, respectively.
Abhay is only the second Indian to win silver in men’s singles at the Games, after Saurav Ghosal, who made the finals at Incheon 2014 and Hangzhou 2023 but lost.
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