Sivasangari overcomes Anahat to march into Silicon Valley final

Malaysian squash player S. Sivasangari, the Asian champion and world No. 4, secured her spot in the final of the Silicon Valley Open by defeating world No. 15 Anahat Singh of India 5-11, 11-6, 11-4, 11-7 in the semi-finals. The 27-year-old, who has been training under French coach Gregory Gaultier, will face either world No. 12 Marina Stefanoni or world No. 20 Farida Mohamed in the final on Saturday.

Sivasangari, who has won the Australian Open and Grasshopper Cup titles this year, credits her resilience and accuracy for her victory over the world junior champion, stating that she needed to "find my accuracy and once I found that, the game changed."

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