Zurich glory puts Sivasangari ahead of Satomi and on track for LA Games

Great fightback: S. Sivasangari beat Satomi Watanabe of Japan 15-13, 5-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-8 in the Grasshopper Cup final in Zurich.

PETALING JAYA: A fierce rivalry is brewing between national squash ace S. Sivasangari and Japan’s Satomi Watanabe – and it could reach boiling point at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya from Sept 19-Oct 4.

With an automatic ticket to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics on the line, the stakes could not be higher when the two meet.