KUALA LUMPUR: National women’s squash champion S Sivasangari shocked top seed Amina Orfi of Egypt to book her spot in the final of the Grasshopper Cup 2026 in Zurich, Switzerland, today.
Sivasangari, seeded No 3 in the tournament, won 11-7, 5-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-5 in 81 minutes.
Sivasangari, 27, who is ranked world No 6, has now won twice against 18-year-old Amina, ranked world No 3, in nine meetings.
She aims to go one better than last year after finishing runner-up to Egypt’s Nouran Gohar in the same tournament.
Sivasangari will meet Japan’s Satomi Watanabe, the second seed, in the final.