Tribute to Sivasangari Subramaniam en-route to winning 2024 Squash London Classic
Channel: The Bright Spark
Date: 2024-04-08

Sivasangari Subramaniam became the latest darling of Malaysia by winning the Gillen Markets London Classic beating World No.2 Hania El Hammamy. Throughout the tournament, the 7th seeded Sivasangari had also beaten the likes of current world Champion and world number 1 Nour El Sherbini, as well as current world number 4 Nele Gilis.

Born in the year 1999, in Sungai Petani, Kedah, she is a Malaysian professional squash player. As of 1st April 2024, she was ranked number 13 in the world.  She is currently studying Bachelor of Science (Mass Communications) at Cornell University. 

She started winning several prestigious tournaments in her teenage days. In 2011, she was nominated as MSSM (National Schools Sports Council) 2011 Promising Sportsgirl of the Year. On July 8, 2018, she became youngest women National Champion by defeating Low Wee Wern in final Ohana 34th National Squash Championships. She became the 2018 British Junior Open Champion by defeating Satomi Watanabe. 

On 26 June 2022, she was involved in a car accident along the Maju Expressway. She sustained fractures on her face and C1 vertebra. Due to the injury, she had to pull out from competing in the 2022 Commonwealth Games. She came back roaring, and performed remarkably well in the PSA World Tour. It is only a matter of time will she be moving her ranking into World top 10. We wish her the best !

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