India’s women squash stars Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa doffed their hats to the young Abhay Singh, 25, who played out of his skin to win the deciding match against Pakistan’s Noor Zaman 3-2 and help India win gold in the men’s team event on Saturday. 

“Abhay is the man of the moment. He lost to Noor last week [in the league stage] so to come back and beat him in the final, the biggest stage he’s ever played on, is absolutely incredible. He’s definitely the future of the game in India,” Chinappa, who won the women’s team bronze earlier in the day, told mid-day.