India's teenage squash star Anahat Singh has withdrawn from her quarter-final match at the Canadian Women's Open in Toronto due to injury, the PSA Squash Tour said, bringing an abrupt end to another strong North American run by the 18-year-old.

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The sixth seed was due to face Egyptian top seed Fayrouz Aboelkheir in the opening quarter-final at Brookfield Place. Aboelkheir has received a walkover to the semi-finals as a result. The PSA statement did not specify the nature of the injury.

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Anahat, ranked world No. 15, had reached the last eight after receiving a first-round bye and then defeating England's Saran Nghiem 11-6, 4-11, 11-5, 11-7 in the second round of the PSA Silver-level tournament, which carries a total prize purse of USD 103,750 — yaani about Rs 93 lakh.

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The withdrawal is a setback in the middle of the best stretch of her young senior career. Last month Anahat won silver at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games — India's first-ever silver medal in women's squash — and last week she reached the semi-finals of the Silicon Valley Open, beating world No. 1 Nour El Sherbini and Salma Hany before losing to Malaysia's Sivasangari Subramaniam.

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There was no immediate word from her camp on how long the injury will keep her out. The revised quarter-final order of play in Toronto went ahead without her match on Wednesday evening local time.