Sivasangari vs Subramaniam (front)

After the Professional Squash Association Tour competitions, national squash player Sivasangari Subramaniam will now concentrate on her duties for Cornell in the College Squash Association (CSA) competitions for next month.

The 22-year old senior and CSA All-America first-team honoree said she would get busy with college matches against Stanford on November 19th, Bates on November 20th and Virginia on November 21st.

But the Malaysian professional squash player indicated that she could return home if the Malaysian Open Squash Championship is held. The tournament is scheduled from November 23rd to 27th.

However, before going into these tournaments, Sivasangari will focus on polishing up her game following her performance in the PSA tournaments like the US Open and DAC Pro Squash Classic.

In the US Open, Sivasangari bowed out 12-14, 7-11, 4-11 to New Zealand’s Joelle King in the second round. However, she lost to Belgium’s Tinne Gillis 11-8, 2-11, 8-11, 9-11 in the quarter-finals of the DAC Classic.

“I need to improve my strategic side of the game and also to be mentally stronger when playing against top players,” she said. “It was tough losing to Gillis. I think I started well and stuck to my game plan. In the third and fourth sets it was close and I felt I could have been more confident with my shots and made fewer errors. I need to be steadier with my shots during matches no matter what stage it’s at and cut down on the errors.”