PETALING JAYA: National squash player S. Sivasangari stormed into her maiden Egyptian Open semi-finals after defeating home player Fayrouz Aboelkheir on Tuesday (Oct 13).
Fourth-seed Sivasangari staged a superb comeback in Giza to beat the seventh-seed Egyptian 9-11, 4-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-7 in 63 minutes.
The result also confirms that Sivasangari will climb to a career-high ranking of world No. 4 next week.
Sivasangari has now made her first diamond-level semi-final, and will face top seed and local favourite Hania El Hammamy for a spot in the final.
