Rachel upsets American Sobhy for the first time to join Sivasangari in Silicon Valley Open quarters

PETALING JAYA: National squash players S. Sivasangari and Rachel Arnold will face off in the quarter-finals of the Silicon Valley Open after they survived five-set thrillers in the second round in California on Wednesday (Oct 21).

World No. 4 Sivasangari went the distance by compatriot and world No. 21 Aifa Azman, but the third seed pushed through to win 6-11, 11-2, 9-11, 11-3, 11-7 in 44 minutes at the Squash Zone in Redwood City.