Sivasangari storms into British Open quarter-finals
PETALING JAYA: S. Sivasangari has become the first Malaysian squash player since Datuk Nicol David to reach the quarter-finals stage of the British Open since 2017.
The 26-year-old earned her maiden quarter-finals appearance in the prestigious tournament after taking out seventh seed Satomi Watanabe of Japan at Birmingham Repertory Theatre on Tuesday (June 3).
The world No. 9 from Kedah prevailed 11-9, 11-9, 4-11, 11-4 in the battle of Asia's top two players.
Sivasangari had also beaten the Japanese in the semi-finals of the Asian Games in Hangzhou two years ago.
Sivasangari has a chance to follow in Nicol footsteps if she can overcome fourth seed Amina Orfi of Egypt in the quarter-finals tomorrow (June 5).
Nicol, a five-time winner of the British Open, made her last semi-final appearance in the 2017 edition in Hull, going down 6-11, 6-11, 8-11 to Camille Serme of France.
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