PETALING JAYA: National squash player S. Sivasangari advanced to the Silicon Valley Open semi-finals after winning a hard-fought battle against American Amanda Sobhy in the quarter-finals on Monday (Oct 13).
Third seed Sivasangari held off fifth seed Sobhy to win 12-10, 12-10, 8-11, 11-6 in 48 minutes at the Squash Zone in Redwood City, California.
It was the fourth time the pair met on court this year, and was Sivasangari’s third consecutive win over Sobhy after also winning at the Cincinnati Gaynor Cup final in February and the World Championships in Chicago in May.
Sivasangari will meet seventh seed Salma Hany of Egypt in the semi-finals of the Gold-level event.
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