<figure id="attachment_2725842" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2725842" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-2725842" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ec37f7cb-sivasangari-subramaniam-fbpic-020424.webp" alt="" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2725842" class="wp-caption-text">Seventh seed S Sivasangari came out tops against Nele Gilis of Belgium in the second round of the tournament held at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex. (Facebook pic)</figcaption></figure>
KUALA LUMPUR: National squash champion S Sivasangari and 2023 World Junior Squash Championships runner-up Aira Azman checked into the last eight of the Qatar Classic 2025 in Doha today.
Seventh seed Sivasangari came out tops against Nele Gilis of Belgium 11-8, 11-8, 11-5 in 34 minutes in the second round of the tournament held at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex.
A tough test awaits Sivasangari next as she is set to play second seed Hania El Hammamy after the 2023 champion from Egypt came from a set down to beat Jasmine Hutton of England 8-11, 11-6, 11-2, 11-9.
Aira, 21, took 29 minutes to see off Egypt’s Zeina Mickawy 11-8, 11-7, 13-11 and set up a last eight clash against Amina Orfi.
Earlier, the fourth seed from Egypt thumped American player Marina Stefanoni 11-3, 11-7, 11-3.
The Professional Squash Association (PSA) platinum-tier event offers a total prize pool of US$231,500 (about RM976,000) each for the men’s and women’s category.

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