Third seed Sivasangari swept past Rachel Arnold in Redwood City and will face Anahat Singh, whom she beat in the Asian Games final, for a place in the final
NATIONAL squash player S. Sivasangari cruised into the semi-finals of the Silicon Valley Open 2026 after sweeping aside compatriot Rachel Arnold in Redwood City, the United States, on Thursday.
The third seed was in commanding form, dispatching Rachel 11-7, 11-5, 11-6 to notch her sixth consecutive victory over the latter since the Malaysian Tour Squash X in 2015.
Sivasangari now faces a semi-final clash against India’s Anahat Singh in a rematch of the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games final, later today.
Anahat booked her place after stunning sixth seed Salma Hany of Egypt 4-11, 11-8, 4-11, 11-2, 11-5.
The world No. 4 Sivasangari triumphed against Anahat 11-4, 11-4, 11-7 in last month’s Asian Games final in Japan to retain her women’s singles gold medal.
The Silicon Valley Open offers total prize money of USD143,500 (about RM585,637) in the women’s category.