Sivasangari stays cool to overcome veteran and book quarters ticket


PETALING JAYA: National squash player S. Sivasangari is on cloud nine after storming into the quarter-finals of the DAC Pro Squash Classic in Detroit.Repeating the feat: It was Sivasangari’s second win against the 37-year-old Alison Waters (inset) after defeating the veteran in the second round of the 2019 US Open.Repeating the feat: It was Sivasangari’s second win against the 37-year-old Alison Waters (inset) after defeating the veteran in the second round of the 2019 US Open.

The 22-year-old, who is ranked 30th in the world, stayed cool throughout 37 minutes to upstage world No. 18 and eighth seed Alison Waters of England 11-9, 2-11, 11-7, 11-6 in the second round.

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