India advanced to the semifinals of the WSF Squash World Cup 2025 with a comprehensive 3-0 victory against South Africa in Chennai on Friday (December 12). Anahat Singh, Abhay Singh and Joshna Chinappa won their respective matches in style in front of an appreciative audience at the Express Avenue Mall.The home side had earlier got past Brazil and Switzerland with an identical 4-0 scoreline in the pool stages.The Indians now face a formidable challenge against defending champions Egypt in the semifinals of the WSF Squash World Cup which will be played on December 13.Teagan Russell took on Joshna Chinappa in the opening women's fixture. Joshna veered off to a 3-1 lead before Russell caught up at 3-3. The South African could only chase the match thereafter, with the Indian veteran taking the first game 7-4. The script refused to alter in the second game with Joshna Chinappa leading all the way to a 7-4 win. The 39-year-old closed out the match with a 7-2 win in the third game.Abhay Singh and Dewald van Niekerk indulged in a flurry of marathon rallies, enthralling the crowd at the Express Avenue Mall. The closeness and intensity of the contest did not reflect in the scoreline, however, with Abhay Singh prevailing 7-1.The South African player led 4-2 in the second game, only for the on-court lights to go out at the venue. With the lights back on after a nearly ten-minute delay. Dewald made it to game-ball at 6-5, but Abhay Singh forced sudden death by levelling things up at 6-6.Abhay Singh went up 2-0 by winning the sudden-death tie-breaker 7-6 and clinched the match by storming past his opponent 7-1 in the third game.Hayley Ward went up against teen sensation Anahat Singh in the second women's fixture.Ward, who has played Anahat extensively in the past, took a 3-0 lead much to the crowd's disbelief, but the 17-year-old rallied to win seven points on the trot to manufacture a stunning 7-3 win. The second game also went the way of the Indian prodigy 7-3, before she finished the contest with a 7-4 triumph in the third game.The Indians will face mighty Egypt in the semifinals of the WSF Squash World Cup.Egypt, Japan and Hong Kong China advance to WSF Squash World Cup 2025 semifinalsThe teams with their respective flags at the Squash World Cup - source: Udhaystalin on XDefending champions Egypt advanced to the semifinals with a 3-0 win against Australia. Nardine Garas beat Madison Lyon 3-0 while Adam Hawal who has been in great form in recent times, defeated Joseph White. Nour Heikal got past Dylan Molinaro 3-0.Japan and Malaysia were tied 2-2 but the Japanese team progressed to the semifinal having won more games than the Malaysians.Hong Kong China defeated Switzerland en route to the semifinals. Ka Yi Lee beat Stella Kaufmann 3-0. Alex Lau defeated Louai Hafez 3-0 while Tomato Ho beat Celine Walser by an identical scoreline.