Sivasangari Subramaniam Explained

Sivasangari Subramaniam
Country:Malaysia
Residence:Alor Setar, Kedah
Birth Date:24 January 1999
Birth Place:Sungai Petani, Malaysia
Height:160cm (60inches)
Weight:53kg (117lb)
Retired:Active
Coach:Jesse Engelbrecht
Racquet:Dunlop
Event:Women's singles
Highest Ranking:No. 13
Date Of Highest Ranking:April 2024
Current Ranking:No. 13
Date Of Current Ranking:1 April 2024
Titles:14
Finals:18
Updated:13 April 2022

Sivasangari Subramaniam (born 24 January 1999, in Sungai Petani) is a Malaysian professional squash player.[1] As of May 2022, she was ranked number 20[2] in the world. She became the 2018 British Junior Open Champion by defeating Satomi Watanabe. She has most recently won the Gillen Market's London Classic Gold event, in which she beat current world nr.2 Hania El Hamammy (Egypt). Throughout the tournament she 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.

Personal life

Sivasangari was born in Sungai Petani, Kedah to Valli Nagappan and Subramaniam Kaniappan. She started playing squash at the age of eight. She is a former student of SMK Sultanah Asma and obtained her GCE Ordinary Level from Kolej Tuanku Ja'afar. She is currently studying Bachelor of Science (Mass Communications/ Media Studies) at Cornell University.[3]

On 26 June 2022, she was involved in a car accident along the Maju Expressway. She sustained fractures on her face and C1 vertebra.[4] Due to the injury, she had to pull out from competing in the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[5]

Career

In 2011, she was nominated as MSSM (National Schools Sports Council) 2011 Promising Sportsgirl of the Year.[6]

On July 8, 2018, she became youngest women National Champion by defeating Low Wee Wern in final Ohana 34th National Squash Championships.[7] [8]

On March 6, 2022, she won College Squash Association (CSA) National Collegiate Individual Championships to clinch her first individual title for Cornell University.[9]

On 1 April 2024, she completed a dream week at the GillenMarkets London Classic beating World No.2 Hania El Hammamy to lift the PSA World Tour Gold-level title.

See also

References

  1. Web site: PSA World Tour Rankings - The Professional Squash Association. psaworldtour.com.
  2. PSA WEBSITE
  3. Web site: Pengganti Nicol David, Sivasangari Kini Ranking Ke-26 Dunia & Pemain Skuasy Terbaik Ivy League. Nona. Norzalina. Malay. 27 June 2022. 17 January 2022.
  4. Web site: From hospital bed to gold medal: The comeback of a squash hero . Straits Times. Rohit Brijnath. English. 27 November 2023. 6 October 2023.
  5. Web site: Sivasangari hospitalised after car crash, out of Commonwealth Games . New Straits Times. Kng Zheng Guan. English. 27 June 2022. 27 June 2022.
  6. Web site: Hero's welcome for Sivasangari . The Star.
  7. Web site: Subramanian & Yuen claim Malaysian titles . Squash Site Blog . Squash Site Blog.
  8. Web site: OHANA National Squash Championships 2018 . Tournament Software . Tournament Software.
  9. Web site: Sivasangari wins US collegiate title for Cornell University. Malay Mail. Malay Mail.